1. (

• thread ,
• yarn

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

2. (

• ribbon ,
• thread

) 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" ;

3. (

• train_of_thought ,
• thread

) 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" ;

4. (

• screw_thread ,
• thread ,

) the raised helical rib going around a screw ;

1. (

• weave ,
• wind ,
• thread ,
• meander ,
• wander ,

) 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" ;

2. (

• thread

) pass a thread through; "thread a needle" ;

3. (

• thread ,

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

4. (

• thread ,

) pass through or into; "thread tape"; "thread film" ;

5. (

• string ,
• thread ,
• draw ,

) thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries" ;