threadbare clothes

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• Threadbare — Thread bare , a. 1. Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes. A threadbare cope. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: Worn out; as, a threadbare subject; stale topics and threadbare quotations. Swift. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• threadbare — adjective Date: 14th century 1. a. having the nap worn off so that the thread shows ; shabby < threadbare clothes > b. wearing threadbare clothing ; very poor < took in threadbare relatives Russell Baker > c. barely adequate because of cheapness… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• threadbare — threadbareness, n. /thred bair /, adj. 1. having the nap worn off so as to lay bare the threads of the warp and woof, as a fabric, garment, etc. 2. wearing threadbare clothes; shabby or poor: a threadbare old man. 3. meager, scanty, or poor: a… …   Universalium

• threadbare — [[t]θre̱dbeə(r)[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Threadbare clothes, carpets, and other pieces of cloth look old, dull, and very thin, because they have been worn or used too much. She sat cross legged on a square of threadbare carpet. Syn: worn 2) ADJ GRADED… …   English dictionary

• threadbare — thread•bare [[t]ˈθrɛdˌbɛər[/t]] adj. 1) having the nap worn off so as to lay bare the threads of the weave, as a fabric or garment 2) wearing threadbare clothes; shabby or poor 3) hackneyed; trite; ineffectively stale: threadbare arguments[/ex]… …   From formal English to slang

• threadbare — /ˈθrɛdbɛə / (say thredbair) adjective 1. having the nap worn off so as to lay bare the threads of the warp and woof, as a fabric, garment, etc. 2. meagre, scanty, or poor. 3. hackneyed or trite: threadbare arguments. 4. wearing threadbare… …  

• threadbare — [thred′ber΄] adj. 1. worn down so that the threads show; having the nap or surface fibers worn off [threadbare rugs] 2. wearing old, worn clothes; shabby 3. that has lost freshness or novelty; stale [a threadbare argument] …   English World dictionary

• threadbare — thread|bare [ˈθredbeə US ber] adj 1.) clothes, ↑carpets etc that are threadbare are very thin and in bad condition because they have been used a lot ▪ a threadbare old sofa 2.) threadbare excuse/argument/joke etc an excuse etc that is no longer… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• threadbare — adjective 1 clothes, carpets etc that are threadbare are very thin and in bad condition because they have been used a lot: a threadbare old sofa 2 threadbare excuse/argument/joke etc an excuse etc that is no longer effective because it has been… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• threadbare — adjective a) shabby, frayed and worn to an extent that warp threads show b) wearing clothes of threadbare material …   Wiktionary

• threadbare — adj. 1 (of cloth) so worn that the nap is lost and the thread visible. 2 (of a person) wearing such clothes. 3 a hackneyed. b feeble or insubstantial (a threadbare excuse) …   Useful english dictionary