thread
/ˈθɹɛd/ verb C2- To pass a thread through the eye of a needle.
- To fix (beads, pearls, etc.) upon a thread that is passed through; to string.
- To make one's way through or between (a constriction or obstacles). · to thread through narrow passages· I think I can thread my way through here, but it’s going to be tight.
- To cautiously make (one's way) through a precarious place or situation. · He threaded his way through legal entanglements.
- To pass through; to pierce through; to penetrate.
- To interweave as if with thread; to intersperse.
- To form a screw thread on or in (a bolt, hole, etc.). · Coordinate term: tap· to thread a bolt
- To remove (facial hair) by way of a looped thread that is tightly wound in the middle. · to thread your eyebrows and trim them
He/she/it threads · Past threaded · Past participle threaded · -ing form threading
Verb forms
- Base form
- thread
- He/she/it
- threads
- Past
- threaded
- Past participle
- threaded
- -ing form
- threading
From the library
Andrea got into the cab, which passed rapidly through the Faubourg Saint-Denis, along the Faubourg Saint-Martin, crossed the barrier, and threaded its way through the interminable Villette.
Danglars, who had listened to all this preamble with imperturbable coolness, but without understanding a word, since like every man burdened with thoughts of the past, he was occupied with seeking the thread of his own ideas in those of the speaker.
His only jewellery was a chain, so fine that the slender gold thread was scarcely perceptible on his white waistcoat.
“I stood behind the screen and pulled a thread, to make the eyes move and the mouth open.”
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