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ALL meanings of threadless

thread
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  • noun threadless 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 threadless twisted filaments or fibers of any kind used for sewing. 1
  • noun threadless one of the lengths of yarn forming the warp or weft of a woven fabric. 1
  • noun threadless a filament or fiber of glass or other ductile substance. 1
  • noun threadless Ropemaking. any of a number of fibers twisted into a yarn. a yarn, especially as enumerated in describing small stuff. 1
  • noun threadless 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 threadless the helical ridge of a screw. 1
  • noun threadless that which runs through the whole course of something, connecting successive parts: I lost the thread of the story. 1
  • noun threadless 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 threadless 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 threadless threads, Slang. clothes. 1
  • verb with object threadless to pass the end of a thread through the eye of (a needle). 1
  • verb with object threadless to fix (beads, pearls, etc.) upon a thread that is passed through; string. 1
  • verb with object threadless to pass continuously through the whole course of (something); pervade: A joyous quality threaded the whole symphony. 1
  • verb with object threadless to make one's way through (a narrow passage, forest, crowd, etc.). 1
  • verb with object threadless to make (one's way) thus: He threaded his way through the crowd. 1
  • verb with object threadless to form a thread on or in (a bolt, hole, etc.). 1
  • verb with object threadless to place and arrange thread, yarn, etc., in position on (a sewing machine, loom, textile machine, etc.). 1
  • verb with object threadless 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 threadless to thread one's way, as through a passage or between obstacles: They threaded carefully along the narrow pass. 1
  • verb without object threadless to move in a threadlike course; wind or twine. 1
  • verb without object threadless Cookery. (of boiling syrup) to form a fine thread when poured from a spoon. 1
  • verb without object threadless to remove facial hair, especially from the eyebrows, by using a looped and twisted thread. 1
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