thread

nouns

a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving

thread, yarn

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"

ribbon, thread

is derived from

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"

thread, train of thought

the raised helical rib going around a screw

screw thread, thread

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"

meander, thread, wander, weave, wind

pass a thread through

"thread a needle"

thread

is derived from

is a type of (narrower)

pass over, across, or through

"He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers"

remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string

"She had her eyebrows threaded"

thread

is a type of (narrower)

remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

"pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram"

pass through or into

"thread tape"; "thread film"

thread

is a type of (narrower)

pass over, across, or through

"He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers"

thread on or as if on a string

"string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"

draw, string, thread

is derived from