Word: Thread
How to pronounce: θred
Noun
Definitions:
1. A long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibers used in sewing or weaving.
Example sentences: "He had a loose thread on his shirt"
2. A theme or characteristic, typically forming one of several, running throughout a situation or piece of writing.
Example sentences: "A common thread running through the scandals was the failure to conduct audits"
3. A helical ridge on the outside of a screw, bolt, etc. or on the inside of a cylindrical hole, to allow two parts to be screwed together.
Example sentences: "This can be done either by putting a screw thread of the correct pitch on the barrel's axle or, more often, by shifting a lever."
4. Clothes.
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Pass a thread through the eye of (a needle) or through the needle and guides of (a sewing machine)
Example sentences: "I can't even thread a needle"
2. Pluck hairs from (the eyebrows or another part of the body) using a twisted cotton thread.
3. Cut a screw thread in or on (a hole, screw, bolt, etc.)
Example sentences: "We're laser-cutting holes to be threaded for screws"
Synonyms:
filament
fiber
string
hair
suture
yarn
topic
threadings
screw
weave
Derivations:
threading
threaded
thready
threader
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Thread in Other Languages...
Spanish: Hilo
German: Thread
French: Fil
Italian: Thread
Turkish: Konu
