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thread

Definition

  • noun: a long, thin piece of cotton, silk, etc., used for sewing
  • noun: a filament, a group of filaments twisted together, or a filamentous length formed by spinning and twisting short textile fibers into a continuous strand
  • verb: to put a thread, string, rope, etc., through a hole in something
  • verb: to pass a thread through the eye of (a needle)
  • usually + 'of'
  • synonyms: quality, fineness, thrid

Examples

  • The patient's life was 'hanging by a thread'. [=the patient was very close to dying]

  • If you want to discuss a different subject, you should start a new 'thread'.

  • I lost the 'thread' of the plot long before the story ended.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Travelling? Like where? Don't worry about it. Well, I retraced the ascent of The Creator when he ascended the heavens on the sacred thread of a spider's web. He enlightened, that fella, eh? And I watched Maui catch the sun, seize the day with a magical net of woven flax, (..)
    2014 The Dark Horse