thread
noun
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the raised helical rib going around a screwscrew thread
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a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weavingyarn
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the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument togethertrain of thought
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any long object resembling a thin lineribbon
verb
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thread on or as if on a stringdraw
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pass through or into“thread tape”
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remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string“Can you tell I had my eyebrows threaded yesterday?”
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pass a thread through“thread a needle”
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to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular coursemeander