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any long object resembling a thin line; "a mere ribbon of land"; "the lighted ribbon of traffic"; "from the air the road was a gray thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed upward"

the raised helical rib going around a screw

pass a thread through; "thread a needle"

pass through or into; "thread tape"; "thread film"

remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string; "She had her eyebrows threaded"

any long object resembling a thin line; "a mere ribbon of land"; "the lighted ribbon of traffic"; "from the air the road was a gray thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed upward"

the raised helical rib going around a screw

thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"

pass a thread through; "thread a needle"

To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to take a backward direction on striking another ball.

A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or more single yarns doubled, or joined together, and twisted.

A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark; also, a line of gold or silver.

The prominent part of the spiral of a screw or nut; the rib. See Screw, n., 1.

Fig.: Something continued in a long course or tenor; a,s the thread of life, or of a discourse.

Fig.: Composition; quality; fineness.

To pass a thread through the eye of; as, to thread a needle.

To pass or pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect or make, as one's way, through or between obstacles; to thrid.

To form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in; as, to thread a screw or nut.

To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to take a backward direction on striking another ball.

A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or more single yarns doubled, or joined together, and twisted.

A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark; also, a line of gold or silver.

The prominent part of the spiral of a screw or nut; the rib. See Screw, n., 1.

Fig.: Something continued in a long course or tenor; a,s the thread of life, or of a discourse.

Fig.: Composition; quality; fineness.

To pass a thread through the eye of; as, to thread a needle.

To pass or pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect or make, as one's way, through or between obstacles; to thrid.

To form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in; as, to thread a screw or nut.

A very thin line or cord of flax, cotton, silk, or other fiberlike substance twisted and drawn out; a filament or fiber; something running through and connecting the parts of anything; as, the thread of a story; the spiral ridge of a screw.

To pass something through the eye of, as a needle; to string, as beads; to pass through; as, to thread a narrow street; to make (one's way) with difficulty.

1. A fine spun filament of flax, silk, cotton, or other fibrous material. 2. A filiform or thread-like structure.

Catgut, silk, ete., used for suturing.

A very thin line of any substance twisted and drawn out: a filament of any fibrous substance: a fine line of yarn: anything resembling a thread: the prominent spiral part of a screw: something continued in long course: the uniform tenor of a discourse.

To pass a thread through the eye of (as a needle): to pass or pierce through, as a narrow way.

Thin twisted line or cord of any substance; filament; spiral ridge on a screw; continuity of thought.

To pass a thread throught; pass through.

A slender cord. fiber, or line.

The spiral ridge of a screw.

A twisted filament of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance; any fine filament; something continued in a long course; tenor; the spiral part of a screw.

To pass a thread through the eye, as a needle; to pass or pierce through, as a narrow way or channel. Air-threads, the fine white filaments seen floating in the air in summer, the production of spiders.

A thin string or line formed of any fibrous substance twisted together; any fine filament or line; the prominent spiral part of a screw; something continued in a course or tenor, as a discourse.

To pass a thread through, as the eye of a needle; to pass or pierce through, as a narrow or intricate way.

n. [Anglo-Saxon, Icelandic, German] A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or the like, drawn out to considerable length ;-a filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark;- also, a line of gold or silver ; -something continued in a long course or tenor;- the prominent spiral part of a screw or nut.