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thread

Definitions


[θrɛd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibres used in sewing or weaving
(e.g: he had a loose thread on his shirt)

- a theme or characteristic running throughout a situation or piece of writing
(e.g: a major thread running through the book is the primacy of form over substance)

- 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

- clothes
(e.g: his fine threads and fashionable specs)


Phrases:
- hang by a thread
- lose the thread

Origin:
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


[θrɛd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- pass a thread through the eye of (a needle) or through the needle and guides of (a sewing machine)
(e.g: I can't even thread a needle)

- pluck hairs from (the eyebrows or another part of the body) using a twisted cotton thread
(e.g: I had my eyebrows threaded today)

- cut a screw thread in or on (a hole, screw, bolt, etc.)
(e.g: we're laser-cutting holes to be threaded for screws)


Phrases:
- hang by a thread
- lose the thread

Origin:
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




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