thread
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
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Sense 2 verb
to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
the river winds through the hills
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Sense 3 noun
any long object resembling a thin line
a mere ribbon of land
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- meander derivation
- filamentous derivation
- ribbonlike derivation
Sense 4 verb
pass a thread through
thread a needle
Types & categories
- guide hypernym
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Sense 5 noun
the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together
I couldn't follow his train of thought
Types & categories
- thinking hypernym
Sense 6 verb
remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string
She had her eyebrows threaded
Types & categories
- extract hypernym
Sense 7 noun
the raised helical rib going around a screw
Types & categories
- rib hypernym
Parts & wholes
- screw part holonym
Sense 8 verb
pass through or into
thread tape
Types & categories
- guide hypernym
Sense 9 verb
thread on or as if on a string
string pearls on a string
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | string |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | thread |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | cord |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cotton |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dental floss |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | floss |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Lastex |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ligature |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | metallic |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nap |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | purl |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | suture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tinsel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | warp |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | woof |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | worsted yarn |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ramble |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | meander |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ribbon |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | wander |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | snake |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | meander |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | filamentous |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ribbonlike |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | object |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | blade |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | threader |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | thread |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | guide |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | thinking |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | extract |
| 7 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | screw |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | rib |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | guide |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | threader |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | strand |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | string |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | string |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | thread |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | stringer |
| 9 | verb group | Related & opposite | guide |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | arrange |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | bead |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | wire |