thread
A cord formed by spinning or twisting together textile fibers or filaments into one or more continuous strands, typically used in needlework.
Noun 4 meanings
A cord formed by spinning or twisting together textile fibers or filaments into one or more continuous strands, typically used in needlework.
A piece of yarn, especially said of warps and wefts in a woven fabric.
Any of various natural (as spiderweb, etc.) or manufactured filaments (as glass, plastic, metal, etc.).
“the threads of a spiderweb”
A slender stream of water.
“a thread of water”
Verb 4 meanings
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”
To pass through; to pierce through; to penetrate.
Etymology
From Middle English thred, þred, threed, from Old English þrǣd, from Proto-Germanic *þrēduz, from Proto-Indo-European *treh₁-tu-s, from *terh₁- (“rub, twist”).
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THREAD at a glance
THREAD has 6 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (T 1 + H 4 + R 1 + E 1 + A 1 + D 2) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,332 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with thread
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- THREAT9
- THREAP11
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