English to Persian Dictionary Online
Definition of "thread"

thread

Từ điển Collocation

thread noun

¹ piece of cotton, etc.

ADJ. strong | delicate, fine, fragile, thin | loose | matching | cotton, silk, etc. | embroidery, sewing | warp, weft

QUANT. length, piece

VERB + THREAD spin | catch, pull You've pulled a thread in your jumper.

PHRASES hanging by a thread (often figurative) The player's career is hanging by a thread after this latest injury to his knee.

² connection between ideas, parts of a story, etc.

ADJ. central, main | common, connecting | consistent, continuous | narrative | loose Apart from one or two loose threads, the police now had the complete picture of what happened.

VERB + THREAD follow, trace I found it hard to follow the main thread of his argument. | lose The speaker lost his thread halfway through the talk. | keep She struggled against all the interruptions to keep the thread of her argument. | draw together, pick up, pull together, weave The author eventually picks up the various threads of the plot and weaves them into a masterly conclusion.

THREAD + VERB run through sth A continuous thread runs through all the versions of the legend. | emerge On studying the different historians' accounts, common threads emerge. | unravel As the film progresses, the threads of the plot slowly begin to unravel.

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Từ điển WordNet

n.

• a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving; yarn
• any long object resembling a thin line; ribbon

  a mere ribbon of land

  the lighted ribbon of traffic

  from the air the road was a grey thread

  a thread of smoke climbed upward

• the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together; train of thought

  I couldn't follow his train of thought

  he lost the thread of his argument

• the raised helical rib going around a screw; screw thread

v.

• to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; weave, wind, meander, wander

  the river winds through the hills

  the path meanders through the vineyards

  sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body

• pass a thread through

  thread a needle

• remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string

  She had her eyebrows threaded

• pass through or into

  thread tape

  thread film

• thread on or as if on a string; string, draw

  string pearls on a string

  the child drew glass beads on a string

  thread dried cranberries

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Microsoft Computer Dictionary

n. 1. In programming, a process that is part of a larger process or program. 2. In a tree data structure, a pointer that identifies the parent node and is used to facilitate traversal of the tree. 3. In electronic mail and Internet newsgroups, a series of messages and replies related to a specific topic.

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English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

threads|threaded|threading
syn.: draw meander ribbon screw thread string train of thought wander weave wind yarn