thread
noun
[ θrɛd ]
• a long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibres used in sewing or weaving.
• "he had a loose thread on his shirt"
• a theme or characteristic running throughout a situation or piece of writing.
• "a major thread running through the book is the primacy of form over substance"
Similar:
train of thought,
drift,
direction,
sense,
theme,
subject matter,
motif,
tenor,
strain,
thrust,
subject,
gist,
burden,
action,
plot,
storyline,
scenario,
• a helical ridge on the outside of a screw, bolt, etc. or on the inside of a cylindrical hole, to allow two parts to be screwed together.
• clothes.
• "his fine threads and fashionable specs"
thread
verb
• pass a thread through the eye of (a needle) or through the needle and guides of (a sewing machine).
• "I can't even thread a needle"
• pluck hairs from (the eyebrows or another part of the body) using a twisted cotton thread.
• "I had my eyebrows threaded today"
• cut a screw thread in or on (a hole, screw, bolt, etc.).
• "we're laser-cutting holes to be threaded for screws"
Origin:
Old English thrǣd (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch draad and German Draht, also to the verb throw. The verb dates from late Middle English.
