NOUN | artifact | thread, yarn | a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing / sewing and weaving |
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object | thread, ribbon | any long object resembling a thin line | |
cognition | thread, train of thought | the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together | |
artifact | thread, screw thread | the raised helical rib going around a screw / screw | |
VERB | motion | thread, weave, wind, meander, wander | to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course |
contact | thread | pass a thread through | |
contact | thread | remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string | |
contact | thread | pass through or into | |
contact | thread, string, draw | thread on or as if on a string |
Sounds | threh'd | |
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Rhymes | abed ... zed: 93 rhymes with ehd... |
Meaning | Any long object resembling a thin line. | |
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Synonym | ribbon | |
Narrower | blade | Something long and thin resembling a blade of grass |
Broader | object, physical object | A tangible and visible entity |
Spanish | tema, tira | |
Catalan | tema | |
Adjectives | thready | thin in diameter |
Verbs | thread | to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course |
Meaning | The connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together. | |
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Example | "he lost the thread of his argument" | |
Synonym | train of thought | |
Broader | thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation | The process of using your mind to consider something carefully |
Meaning | The raised helical rib going around a screw / screw. | |
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Synonym | screw thread | |
Part of | screw | A fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head |
Broader | rib | support resembling the rib of an animal |
Spanish | rosca | |
Catalan | solc |
Meaning | To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course. | |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
Synonyms | weave, wind, meander, wander | |
Narrower | snake | Move along a winding path |
Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
Similar to | wander | Go via an indirect route or at no set pace |
Spanish | arremolinar, serpentear, zigzaguear | |
Catalan | arremolinar, serpejar, serpentejar, vagar | |
Nouns | thread | any long object resembling a thin line |
Meaning | pass a thread through. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "thread a needle" | |
Broader | guide, run, draw, pass | pass over, across, or through |
Spanish | enhebrar | |
Nouns | thread | a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing / sewing and weaving |
threader | a blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops |
Meaning | Remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "She had her eyebrows threaded" | |
Broader | extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out, rip out, tear out | Remove, usually with some force or effort |
Meaning | pass through or into. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
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Broader | guide, run, draw, pass | pass over, across, or through |
Spanish | ensartar, pasar |
Meaning | thread on or as if on a string. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "thread dried cranberries" | |
Synonyms | string, draw | |
Narrower | bead | string together like beads |
wire | string on a wire | |
Broader | arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order |
Similar to | guide, run, draw, pass | pass over, across, or through |
Spanish | encordar, enfilar, engarzar, enhebrar, ensartar | |
Catalan | enfilar | |
Nouns | thread | a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing / sewing and weaving |
threader | a blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops |
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