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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Thread \Thread\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Threaded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Threading}.]
1. To pass a thread through the eye of; as, to thread a
needle.

2. To pass or pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect
or make, as one's way, through or between obstacles; to
thrid.

Heavy trading ships . . . threading the Bosphorus.
--Mitford.

They would not thread the gates. --Shak.

3. To form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in; as, to thread a
screw or nut.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Thread \Thread\ (thr[e^]d), n. [OE. threed, [thorn]red, AS.
[thorn]r[=ae]d; akin to D. draad, G. draht wire, thread, OHG.
dr[=a]t, Icel. [thorn]r[=a][eth]r a thread, Sw. tr[*a]d, Dan.
traad, and AS. [thorn]r[=a]wan to twist. See {Throw}, and cf.
{Third}.]
1. A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other
fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a
compound cord consisting of two or more single yarns
doubled, or joined together, and twisted.

2. A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance,
as of bark; also, a line of gold or silver.

3. The prominent part of the spiral of a screw or nut; the
rib. See {Screw}, n., 1.

4. Fig.: Something continued in a long course or tenor; a,s
the thread of life, or of a discourse. --Bp. Burnet.

5. Fig.: Composition; quality; fineness. [Obs.]

A neat courtier, Of a most elegant thread. --B.
Jonson.

{Air thread}, the fine white filaments which are seen
floating in the air in summer, the production of spiders;
gossamer.

{Thread and thrum}, the good and bad together. [Obs.] --Shak.

{Thread cell} (Zo["o]l.), a lasso cell. See under {Lasso}.

{Thread herring} (Zo["o]l.), the gizzard shad. See under
{Gizzard}.

{Thread lace}, lace made of linen thread.

{Thread needle}, a game in which children stand in a row,
joining hands, and in which the outer one, still holding
his neighbor, runs between the others; -- called also
{thread the needle}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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: {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 gray thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed
upward" [syn: {ribbon}]
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}]
4: the raised helical rib going around a screw [syn: {screw
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},
{meander}, {wander}]
2: pass a thread through; "thread a needle"
3: thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string";
"the child drew glass beads on a string" [syn: {string}, {draw}]


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