Definitions of thread on the Web:
•weave: 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"
•pass a thread through; "thread a needle"
•a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
•remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string; "She had her eyebrows threaded"
•ribbon: 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"
•train of thought: 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"
•string: thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"
•screw thread: the raised helical rib going around a screw
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