Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - thread
Thread
thread
n. & v. --n. 1 a a spun-out filament of cotton, silk, or glass etc.; yarn. b a length of this. 2 a thin cord of twisted yarns used esp. in sewing and weaving. 3 anything regarded as threadlike with reference to its continuity or connectedness (the thread of life; lost the thread of his argument). 4 the spiral ridge of a screw. 5 (in pl.) sl. clothes. 6 a thin seam or vein of ore. --v.tr. 1 pass a thread through the eye of (a needle). 2 put (beads) on a thread. 3 arrange (material in a strip form, e.g. film or magnetic tape) in the proper position on equipment. 4 make (one's way) carefully through a crowded place, over a difficult route, etc. 5 streak (hair etc.) as with threads. 6 form a screw-thread on. Phrases and idioms hang by a thread be in a precarious state, position, etc. thread mark a mark in the form of a thin line made in banknote paper with highly coloured silk fibres to prevent photographic counterfeiting. Derivatives threader n. threadlike adj. Etymology: OE thr{aelig}d f. Gmc
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I. noun see: throw Date: before 12th century 1. a filament, a group of filaments twisted together, or a filamentous length formed by spinning and twisting short textile fibers into a continuous strand, a piece of ~, 2. any of various natural filaments , a slender stream (as of water), a projecting helical rib (as in a fitting or on a pipe) by which parts can be screwed together ; screw ~, something continuous or drawn out: as, a line of reasoning or train of thought that connects the parts in a sequence (as of ideas or events) , a continuing element , a series of newsgroup messages following a single topic, a tenuous or feeble support , clothing, ~less adjective ~like adjective II. verb Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to pass a ~ through the eye of (a needle), to arrange a ~, yarn, or lead-in piece in working position for use in (a machine), 2. a. to pass something through in the manner of a ~ , to pass (as a tape, line, or film) into or through something , to make one's way through or between , to put together on or as if on a ~ ; string , to interweave with or as if with ~s ; intersperse , to form a screw ~ on or in, intransitive verb weave 2 , to form a ~, ~er noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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