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• thread — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 piece of cotton, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ strong ▪ delicate (usually figurative), fine, fragile (usually figurative), thin ▪ Our lives hang by a fragil …   Collocations dictionary

• thread — [thred] n. [ME threde < OE thræd (akin to Ger draht) < base of thrawan, to twist: see THROW] 1. a) a light, fine, stringlike length of material made up of two or more fibers or strands of spun cotton, flax, silk, etc. twisted together and… …   English World dictionary

• thread — I. noun Etymology: Middle English thred, from Old English thrǣd; akin to Old High German drāt wire, Old English thrāwan to cause to twist or turn more at throw Date: before 12th century 1. a. a filament, a group of filaments twisted together, or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• thread — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. filament, fiber, hair; string; yarn; linen, cotton, silk, lisle, nylon, etc.; course, drift, train (of thought). See continuity, narrowness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. cotton, yarn, wool, lisle, filament …   English dictionary for students

• thread — thread1 [θred] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(for sewing)¦ 2¦(ideas)¦ 3 pick up the thread(s) 4¦(internet)¦ 5¦(line)¦ 6¦(on a screw)¦ 7 threads ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: thrAd] 1.) ¦(FOR SEWING)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• thread — threader, n. threadless, adj. threadlike, adj. /thred/, n. 1. a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, esp. when composed of two or more filaments twisted together. 2. twisted filaments or fibers of… …   Universalium

• thread — 1 noun 1 COTTON/SILK ETC (C, U) a long thin string of cotton, silk etc used to sew or weave cloth: Have you got a needle and thread? 2 IDEAS (singular) the connection between the different parts of an explanation, story etc: a common thread… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• thread — /θrɛd / (say thred) noun 1. a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially such a cord composed of two or more filaments twisted together. 2. twisted fibres of any kind used for sewing. 3. one… …  

• thread — [[t]θrɛd[/t]] n. 1) tex a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, esp. when composed of two or more filaments twisted together 2) tex twisted filaments or fibers of any kind used for sewing 3) tex… …   From formal English to slang

• continuous — adj. Continuous is used with these nouns: ↑assessment, ↑availability, ↑barrage, ↑bombardment, ↑cycle, ↑drone, ↑evolution, ↑exposure, ↑flow, ↑improvement, ↑innovation, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• thread — 1. A fine strand of suture material. 2. A filamentous structure. [M.E., fr. A.S. thraed] terminal t. SYN: terminal filum. * * * (thred) a long slender structure, such as a continuous filament of some substance used as suture material …   Medical dictionary