thread
— Noun
– English
～ a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
thread
— Noun
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～ the raised helical rib going around a screw
thread blight
— Noun
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～ a disease of tropical woody plants (cacao or tea or citrus)
thread-fish
— Noun
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～ fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins
thread
— Noun
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～ 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"
thread
— Noun
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～ any long object resembling a thin line; "a mere ribbon of land"; "the lighted ribbon of traffic"; "from the air the road was a grey thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed upward"
thread maker
— Noun
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～ someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)
thread
— Verb
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～ pass through or into; "thread tape"; "thread film"
thread
— Verb
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～ remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string; "She had her eyebrows threaded"
thread
— Verb
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～ pass a thread through; "thread a needle"
thread
— Verb
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～ thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"
thread
— Verb
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～ to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"
threadbare
— Adjective
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～ repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"
threadbare
— Adjective
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～ having the nap worn away so that the threads show through; "threadbare rugs"
threaded
— Adjective
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～ (of bolts or screws) having screw threads
threader
— Noun
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～ a blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops
threadfin
— Noun
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～ mullet-like tropical marine fishes having pectoral fins with long threadlike rays
threadfish
— Noun
– English
～ fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins