thread
1. a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving (Freq. 4)
• Syn:
yarn
• Hypernyms:
cord
• Hyponyms:
cotton, dental floss, floss, Lastex, ligature,
metallic, pile, nap, purl, suture, tinsel,
tinsel, woof, weft, filling, pick,
worsted, worsted yarn
2. any long object resembling a thin line
- 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
• Syn:
ribbon
• Derivationally related forms:
thready, ribbony (for: ribbon)
• Hypernyms:
object, physical object
• Hyponyms:
blade
3. the raised helical rib going around a screw
• Syn:
screw thread
• Hypernyms:
rib
• Part Holonyms:
screw
4. the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together
- I couldn't follow his train of thought
- he lost the thread of his argument
• Syn:
train of thought
• Hypernyms:
thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation
1. to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course (Freq. 3)
- the river winds through the hills
- the path meanders through the vineyards
- sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body
• Syn:
weave, wind, meander, wander
• Derivationally related forms:
meander (for: meander)
• Hypernyms:
travel, go, move, locomote
• Hyponyms:
snake
• Verb Group:
wander
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
2. pass a thread through (Freq. 3)
- thread a needle
• Derivationally related forms:
threader
• Hypernyms:
guide, run, draw, pass
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string
- She had her eyebrows threaded
• Hypernyms:
extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. pass through or into
- thread tape
- thread film
• Hypernyms:
guide, run, draw, pass
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. thread on or as if on a string
- string pearls on a string
- the child drew glass beads on a string
- thread dried cranberries
• Syn:
string, draw
• Derivationally related forms:
threader, string (for: string), stringer (for: string)
• Hypernyms:
arrange, set up
• Hyponyms:
bead, wire
• Verb Group:
guide, run, draw, pass
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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