ALL meanings of thread
thread
T t - noun thread yarn: thin strand 1
- transitive verb thread needle: put thread through 1
- noun thread continuity 1
- noun thread gist 1
- transitive verb thread bead: put onto a string 1
- transitive verb thread cut a thread in: a screw 1
- intransitive verb thread film: feed through 1
- noun thread thin trail: of smoke 1
- noun thread thin beam: of light 1
- noun thread part of a screw 1
- noun,plural thread clothes 1
- noun thread a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together. 1
- noun thread twisted filaments or fibers of any kind used for sewing. 1
- noun thread one of the lengths of yarn forming the warp or weft of a woven fabric. 1
- noun thread a filament or fiber of glass or other ductile substance. 1
- noun thread Ropemaking. any of a number of fibers twisted into a yarn. a yarn, especially as enumerated in describing small stuff. 1
- noun thread something having the fineness or slenderness of a filament, as a thin continuous stream of liquid, a fine line of color, or a thin seam of ore: a thread of smoke. 1
- noun thread the helical ridge of a screw. 1
- noun thread that which runs through the whole course of something, connecting successive parts: I lost the thread of the story. 1
- noun thread something conceived as being spun or continuously drawn out, as the course of life fabled to be spun, measured, and cut by the Fates. 1
- noun thread Digital Technology. a series of posts and responses on a message board or electronic mailing list that deal with the same subject and are grouped together. 1
- noun thread threads, Slang. clothes. 1
- verb with object thread to pass the end of a thread through the eye of (a needle). 1
- verb with object thread to fix (beads, pearls, etc.) upon a thread that is passed through; string. 1
- verb with object thread to pass continuously through the whole course of (something); pervade: A joyous quality threaded the whole symphony. 1
- verb with object thread to make one's way through (a narrow passage, forest, crowd, etc.). 1
- verb with object thread to make (one's way) thus: He threaded his way through the crowd. 1
- verb with object thread to form a thread on or in (a bolt, hole, etc.). 1
- verb with object thread to place and arrange thread, yarn, etc., in position on (a sewing machine, loom, textile machine, etc.). 1
- verb with object thread to remove (facial hair, especially eyebrow hair) by using a looped and twisted thread to roll over the hair and lift it from the follicles. 1
- verb without object thread to thread one's way, as through a passage or between obstacles: They threaded carefully along the narrow pass. 1
- verb without object thread to move in a threadlike course; wind or twine. 1
- verb without object thread Cookery. (of boiling syrup) to form a fine thread when poured from a spoon. 1
- verb without object thread to remove facial hair, especially from the eyebrows, by using a looped and twisted thread. 1
- noun thread a fine, stringy length of syrup or other viscous material 0
- noun thread any thin line, stratum, vein, stream, ray, etc. 0
- noun thread an element suggestive of a thread in being continuous or sequential 0
- noun thread the helical ridge of a screw, bolt, nut, etc. 0
- noun thread a suit, or clothes generally 0
- verb transitive thread to put a thread through the eye of (a needle, etc.) 0
- verb transitive thread to arrange thread for use on (a sewing machine) 0
- verb transitive thread to string (beads, etc.) on or as if on a thread 0
- verb transitive thread to fashion a thread (sense 4) on or in (a screw, pipe, etc.) 0
- verb transitive thread to interweave with or as if with threads 0
- verb transitive thread to pass through by twisting, turning, or weaving in and out 0
- verb transitive thread to make (one's way) in this fashion 0
- verb transitive thread to pass or feed (tape, film, etc.) into or through (a recorder, projector, etc.) 0
- intransitive verb thread to go along or proceed in a winding way 0
- intransitive verb thread to form a thread when dropped from a spoon 0
- noun thread A thread is a helical-shaped groove cut in a cylindrical hole (the female thread), or a helical-shaped ridge on a cylindrical bar, rod, shank, etc (the male thread). 0