thread

Meanings

• a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
• any long object resembling a thin line
  • "from the air the road was a grey thread"
  • "a thread of smoke climbed upward"
• the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together
  • "he lost the thread of his argument"
• the raised helical rib going around a screw
• to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
• pass a thread through
  • "thread a needle"
• remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string
  • "She had her eyebrows threaded"
• pass through or into
  • "thread tape"
  • "thread film"
• thread on or as if on a string
  • "thread dried cranberries"

Synonyms

draw, meander, ribbon, screw thread, string, train of thought, wander, weave, wind, yarn