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Meaning of thread

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  thread
      n 1: a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or
           nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving [syn: {thread},
           {yarn}]
      2: any long object resembling a thin line; "a mere ribbon of
         land"; "the lighted ribbon of traffic"; "from the air the
         road was a grey thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed upward"
         [syn: {ribbon}, {thread}]
      3: 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" [syn: {train of
         thought}, {thread}]
      4: the raised helical rib going around a screw [syn: {screw
         thread}, {thread}]
      v 1: 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"; "sometimes, the gout
           wanders through the entire body" [syn: {weave}, {wind},
           {thread}, {meander}, {wander}]
      2: pass a thread through; "thread a needle"
      3: remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and
         pulling at the string; "She had her eyebrows threaded"
      4: pass through or into; "thread tape"; "thread film"
      5: thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string";
         "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried
         cranberries" [syn: {string}, {thread}, {draw}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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