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thread noun 1 a very thin strand of silk, cotton or wool, especially when several such strands are twisted together for sewing. 2 any naturally formed, very thin strand of fibre, such as that forming a spider's web. 3 anything like a thread in length and narrowness. 4 the projecting spiral ridge round a screw or bolt, or in a nut. 5 a continuous connecting element or theme in a story or argument, etc • I lost the thread of what he was saying. 6 a thin seam or vein of ore or coal. verb (threaded, threading) 1 to pass a thread through (eg the eye of a needle). 2 to pass (tape or film, etc) into or through something to put it into its correct position. 3 to string something on a thread or length of string. 4 tr & intr to make (one's way) carefully (through eg narrow streets or crowded areas). 5 to streak (hair or the sky, etc) with narrow patches of a different colour. 6 to provide (eg a bolt) with a screw thread. hang by a thread to be in a very precarious or dangerous state or position.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon.

thread noun 1 a very thin strand of silk, cotton or wool, especially when several such strands are twisted together for sewing. 2 any naturally formed, very thin strand of fibre, such as that forming a spider's web. 3 anything like a thread in length and narrowness. 4 the projecting spiral ridge round a screw or bolt, or in a nut. 5 a continuous connecting element or theme in a story or argument, etc • I lost the thread of what he was saying. 6 a thin seam or vein of ore or coal. verb (threaded, threading) 1 to pass a thread through (eg the eye of a needle). 2 to pass (tape or film, etc) into or through something to put it into its correct position. 3 to string something on a thread or length of string. 4 tr & intr to make (one's way) carefully (through eg narrow streets or crowded areas). 5 to streak (hair or the sky, etc) with narrow patches of a different colour. 6 to provide (eg a bolt) with a screw thread. hang by a thread to be in a very precarious or dangerous state or position.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon.

thread noun 1 a very thin strand of silk, cotton or wool, especially when several such strands are twisted together for sewing. 2 any naturally formed, very thin strand of fibre, such as that forming a spider's web. 3 anything like a thread in length and narrowness. 4 the projecting spiral ridge round a screw or bolt, or in a nut. 5 a continuous connecting element or theme in a story or argument, etc • I lost the thread of what he was saying. 6 a thin seam or vein of ore or coal. verb (threaded, threading) 1 to pass a thread through (eg the eye of a needle). 2 to pass (tape or film, etc) into or through something to put it into its correct position. 3 to string something on a thread or length of string. 4 tr & intr to make (one's way) carefully (through eg narrow streets or crowded areas). 5 to streak (hair or the sky, etc) with narrow patches of a different colour. 6 to provide (eg a bolt) with a screw thread. hang by a thread to be in a very precarious or dangerous state or position.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon.