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English to English noun
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a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving |  | source: wordnet30
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any long object resembling a thin line | | Example: a mere ribbon of land
the lighted ribbon of traffic
from the air the road was a grey thread
a thread of smoke climbed upward
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the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together | | Example: I couldn't follow his train of thought
he lost the thread of his argument
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the raised helical rib going around a screw | | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913 verb
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to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course | | Example: the river winds through the hills
the path meanders through the vineyards
sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body
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pass a thread through | | Example: thread a needle
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| 8 |
remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string | | Example: She had her eyebrows threaded
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pass through or into | | Example: thread tape
thread film
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| 10 |
thread on or as if on a string | | Example: string pearls on a string
the child drew glass beads on a string
thread dried cranberries
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To pass a thread through the eye of; as, to thread a needle. | | source: webster1913
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