Dictionary Entry
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
- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark; also, a line of gold or silver.
- 3noun
The prominent part of the spiral of a screw or nut; the rib. See Screw., 1.
- 4noun
Fig.: Something continued in a long course or tenor; a,s the thread of life, or of a discourse.
- 5noun
Fig.: Composition; quality; fineness.
- 6transitive verb
To pass a thread through the eye of; as, to thread a needle.
- 7transitive 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.
- 8transitive verb
To form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in; as, to thread a screw or nut.
- 9noun
the raised helical rib going around a screw
- 10noun
a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
Synonyms
- 11noun
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"
- 12noun
any long object resembling a thin line
"a mere ribbon of land"
"the lighted ribbon of traffic"
Synonyms
- 13verb
thread on or as if on a string
"string pearls on a string"
"the child drew glass beads on a string"
- 14verb
pass through or into
"thread tape"
"thread film"
- 15verb
remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string
"She had her eyebrows threaded"
- 16verb
pass a thread through
"thread a needle"
- 17verb
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"
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