thread

thread is a 6-letter English word with 17 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 9 · 17 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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. noun. A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark; also, a line of gold or silver.
3. noun. The prominent part of the spiral of a screw or nut; the rib. See Screw, n., 1.
4. noun. Fig.: Something continued in a long course or tenor; a,s the thread of life, or of a discourse.
5. noun. Fig.: Composition; quality; fineness.
6. transitive verb. To pass a thread through the eye of; as, to thread a needle.
7. transitive verb. To pass or pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect or make, as one's way, through or between obstacles; to thrid.
8. transitive verb. To form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in; as, to thread a screw or nut.
9. noun. the raised helical rib going around a screw
10. noun. a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving

    Synonyms: yarn

11. noun. 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"

12. noun. any long object resembling a thin line

    "a mere ribbon of land"

    "the lighted ribbon of traffic"

    Synonyms: ribbon

13. verb. thread on or as if on a string

    "string pearls on a string"

    "the child drew glass beads on a string"

    Synonyms: draw, string

14. verb. pass through or into

    "thread tape"

    "thread film"

15. verb. remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string

    "She had her eyebrows threaded"

16. verb. pass a thread through

    "thread a needle"

17. verb. 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"

    Synonyms: meander, wander, weave, wind

Synonyms

yarn, ribbon, draw, string, meander, wander, weave, wind

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in thread:

dearth, hatred, rathed

Common word forms

threads, threaded, threaden, threader, threading, threadless

Words from these letters

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