thread

Definition

  • n. a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
  • v. pass a thread through
  • v. remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string
  • v. pass through or into

Word forms

Past tense
threaded
Present participle
threading
Past participle
threaded
Third person singular
threads

Example sentences

  1. n.

    She used a bright red thread to sew the buttons on her shirt.

  2. vt.

    He carefully threaded the needle before starting his sewing project.

  3. vi.

    The cat threaded through the narrow space between the chairs.

  4. 计

    The programmer found a thread in the code that caused the application to crash.