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thread (noun)
A long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in sewing, weaving or in the construction of string.

thread (noun)
A continued theme or idea.
All of these essays have a common thread.
I’ve lost the thread of what you’re saying.

thread (noun)
A sequence of connections.

thread (noun)
The line midway between the banks of a stream.

thread (noun)
A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark.

thread (verb)
To put thread through.
Thread a needle.

thread (verb)
To pass (through a narrow constriction or around a series of obstacles).
I think I can thread my way through here, but it’s going to be tight.

thread (verb)
To screw on, to fit the threads of a nut on a bolt.

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