thread

Meaning of thread

noun
  1. a long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibres used in sewing or weaving.
    he had a loose thread on his shirt
    the thread that bound them had snapped
  2. a theme or characteristic running throughout a situation or piece of writing.
    a major thread running through the book is the primacy of form over substance
  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.
  4. clothes.
    his fine threads and fashionable specs
verb
  1. pass a thread through the eye of (a needle) or through the needle and guides of (a sewing machine).
    I can't even thread a needle
    she threaded up the machine with the right cotton
  2. pluck hairs from (the eyebrows or another part of the body) using a twisted cotton thread.
    I had my eyebrows threaded today
  3. cut a screw thread in or on (a hole, screw, bolt, etc.).
    we're laser-cutting holes to be threaded for screws

Old English thrǣd (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch draad and German Draht, also to the verb throw. The verb dates from late Middle English.

Information about thread

Hyphenation of thread

thread

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • thread is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

thread synonyms

Meaning yarn:

yarn

Meaning ribbon:

ribbon

Meaning weave:

weave, wind, meander, wander

Meaning string:

string, draw

Meaning a continuous slow movement from one place to another:

drift

Meaning a course along which someone or something moves:

direction

Meaning a faculty by which the body perceives an external stimulus; one of the faculties of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch:

sense

Meaning the subject of a talk, piece of writing, exhibition, etc.; a topic:

theme

Meaning a decorative image or design, especially a repeated one forming a pattern:

motif

Meaning a singing voice between baritone and alto or countertenor, the highest of the ordinary adult male range:

tenor

Meaning a force tending to pull or stretch something to an extreme or damaging degree:

strain

Meaning a sudden or violent lunge with a pointed weapon or a bodily part:

thrust

Meaning a person or thing that is being discussed, described, or dealt with:

subject

Meaning the substance or general meaning of a speech or text:

gist

Meaning a load, typically a heavy one:

burden

Meaning the fact or process of doing something, typically to achieve an aim:

action

Meaning the main events of a play, novel, film, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence:

plot

Meaning the plot of a novel, play, film, or other narrative form:

storyline

Meaning a written outline of a film, novel, or stage work giving details of the plot and individual scenes:

scenario

Translation of thread

Anagrams of thread

Ardeth, dearth, hatred, rathed

Words that rhyme with thread

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