Unscramble threads

Definition of threads

noun:

• informal terms for clothing. Synonyms: duds, togs.
• a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving. Synonyms: thread, yarn.
• 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". Synonyms: ribbon, 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". Synonyms: thread, train of thought.
• the raised helical rib going around a screw. Synonyms: screw thread, thread.

verb:

• 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". Synonyms: meander, thread, wander, weave, wind.
• pass a thread through; "thread a needle". Synonyms: thread.
• remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string; "She had her eyebrows threaded". Synonyms: thread.
• pass through or into; "thread tape", "thread film". Synonyms: thread.
• thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string", "the child drew glass beads on a string", "thread dried cranberries". Synonyms: draw, string, thread.

Related words

bead, blade, cotton, filling, floss, ligature, metallic, nap, pick, pile, purl, snake, suture, tinsel, warp, weft, wire, woof, worsted.

Words nearby

thread, thready.