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Another word for thread

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Noun

  1. A very fine continuous strand

    See also:

    thing

  2. Something that suggests the continuousness of a fine continuous filament

    See also:

    continue

  3. Articles worn to cover the body.

    See also:

    put-on

Verb

  1. To put (objects) onto a fine continuous filament

    See also:

    order

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Another word for thread

Noun
  1. See also:

    cloth

Verb

  1. To pass thread through a needle

    Antonyms:

  2. To connect

    See also:

    join

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • He picked at a thread on the couch, his mind obviously lost in deep thought.

  • She looked down and plucked at a loose thread on her dress.

  • But I seem to have lost the thread of my discourse.

  • She looked away and fumbled with the needle and thread she'd found in a sewing kit.

  • Darian felt a thread of warmth in the hallway.

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