Thread - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |θred|  American pronunciation of the word thread
Brit.  |θred|  British pronunciation of the word thread

noun

- a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving (syn: yarn)
- any long object resembling a thin line (syn: ribbon)
from the air the road was a grey thread
a thread of smoke climbed upward
- the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together
he lost the thread of his argument
- the raised helical rib going around a screw

verb

- to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course (syn: meander, wander, weave, wind)
- pass a thread through
thread a needle
- remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string
She had her eyebrows threaded
- pass through or into
thread tape
thread film
- thread on or as if on a string (syn: draw, string)
thread dried cranberries

Extra examples

A thread was hanging from the hem of her coat.

...the unwary bug was snared in the sticky threads of the spider's web...

She threaded her shoelace through the holes.

They had to thread their way through the crowd.

Waiters threaded through the crowd.

The girl was threading beads on a string.

The waiters threaded between the crowded tables.

The melody which threads the first duet.

I'm looking for a needle and thread.

His mind wandered, and he lost the thread of what she was saying (=was no longer able to understand it).

I'd like to refer to something that was posted in an earlier thread.

The Colorado River was just a thread of silver, 4000 feet below.

Will you thread the needle for me?

Tom threaded the rope through the safety harness.

Sue threaded the glass beads onto a piece of heavy string.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: thread
he/she/it: threads
present participle: threading
past tense: threaded
past participle: threaded
noun
singular: thread
plural: threads
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