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. [syn: {weave},
{wind}, {meander}]
2: pass a thread through; "thread a needle"
3: thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"
[syn: {string}]