| Thread 1. (n.) A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or more single yarns doubled, or joined together, and twisted. 2. (n.) A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark; also, a line of gold or silver. 3. (n.) The prominent part of the spiral of a screw or nut; the rib. See Screw. 4. (n.) Fig.: Something continued in a long course or tenor; a,s the thread of life, or of a discourse. 5. (n.) Fig.: Composition; quality; fineness. 6. (v. t.) To pass a thread through the eye of; as, to thread a needle. 7. (v. t.) To pass or pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect or make, as one's way, through or between obstacles; to thread. 8. (v. t.) To form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in; as, to thread a screw or nut. Thesaurus Entries Aralac, Avisco, Celanese, Chemstrand, Dacron, Dynel, Indian file, Lastex, Manila, Orlon, Terylene, Velon, Vicara, acetate rayon, alpaca, angora, animal fiber, array, articulation, artificial fiber, bank, bast, be continuous, buzz, cambric tea, capillament, cashmere, catena, catenate, catenation, chain, chain reaction, chaining, cilium, cirrus, cobweb, coir, concatenate, concatenation, connect, connect up, connection, consecution, continuate, continue, continuum, cord, cotton, course, cycle, denier, descent, direction, dishwater, drift, drone, ease, endless belt, endless round, fiber, fibrilla, filament, filamentule, file, filiation, flagellum, flax, floss, form a series, gamut, gossamer, gradation, gruel, hair, hank, hemp, horsehair, house of cards, hum, inch, join, jute, kapok, line, lineage, linen, link, llama hair, maintain continuity, matchwood, merino, milk and water, mohair, monotone, motif, near-silk, nexus, nylon, oakum, pass, pendulum, periodicity, plenum, plot, powder train, progression, queue, raffia, range, rank, rayon, recurrence, reed, reticulation, rope of sand, rotation, round, routine, row, run, run on, sand castle, scale, sequence, series, silk, single file, sisal, skein, spandex, spectrum, spun rayon, strand, string, string together, subject, succession, suture, swath, tendril, tenor, theme, thesis, threadlet, tier, train, train of thought, tussah, twine, water, web, wind, windrow, wool, worsted, yarn, zephyr |