thread
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(verb) pass a thread through; "thread a needle" |
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Related Words: guide, pass, run |
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(noun) a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving |
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Synonyms: yarn |
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Related Words: cord, cotton, dental floss, filling, floss, ligature, pick, pile, purl, suture, tinsel, warp, weft, woof, worsted |
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(verb) thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string" |
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Synonyms: string |
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Related Words: arrange, bead, set up, wire |
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(noun) the raised helical rib going around a screw |
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Synonyms: screw thread |
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Related Words: rib |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: train of thought |
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Related Words: cerebration, intellection, mentation, thinking, thought |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: ribbon |
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Related Words: blade, object, physical object |
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(verb) to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course: the river winds through the hills. |
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Synonyms: meander, weave, wind |
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Related Words: go, locomote, move, snake, travel |
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