thread

Noun

• the raised helical rib going around a screw

• 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
    

• 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
    

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

Verb

• thread on or as if on a string
  • string pearls on a string
    
  • the child drew glass beads on a string
    
  • thread dried cranberries
    

• pass through or into
  • thread tape
    
  • thread film
    

• remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string
  • She had her eyebrows threaded
    

• pass a thread through
  • thread a needle
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  screw thread , train of thought , ribbon , yarn , string , draw , weave , wind , meander , wander