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thread 2, verb(dictionary)
thread 1, noun(dictionary)
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terminal thread(medicine)
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thread(2) (iou)



thread verb. , infl. -dd-. LME.
[from the noun.]
verb trans. Provide (a needle) with a sewing-thread by passing one end of the thread through the eye. Also, pass one end of a reel of thread through the thread-guides of (a sewing-machine). LME.
M. Forster She..began threading a needle. transf.: H. E. Bates She..threaded the cowslip into my buttonhole.
b. Of a man: have sexual intercourse with (esp. a woman). coarse slang. M20.
a. verb trans. Make one's way through (a narrow or obstructed passage, a crowd, etc.). L16.
P. Scupham Lizards thread the sunken maze.
b. verb trans. & intrans. Make (one's way) through a narrow or obstructed passage, a crowd, etc. Freq. foll. by through. M17.
D. H. Lawrence The scarlet men..were threading among the men of the congregation. T. Sharpe He threaded his way through the shoppers.
verb trans. Put (a bead etc.) on a thread by passing the thread through a central hole; connect (a number of things) by passing a thread through each; string together, or on a thread. L16.
F. Francis Threading the bait upon the hook. Oxford English Dictionary The girl was threading beads on a string.
b. verb trans. fig. Run continuously through the whole length or course of; pervade. M19.
J. Earle One spirit and purpose threads the whole.
verb intrans. Flow in a thin stream; creep, twine, wind. rare. E17.
verb trans. Interweave or intersperse with or as with threads; esp. mark (hair) with streaks of a lighter or brighter shade. Usu. in pass. M19.
D. H. Lawrence Her dark hair was threaded with grey.
verb trans. Form a screw-thread on; provide with a screw-thread. M19.
verb trans. Stretch or fasten threads across, over, or round, esp. for protection. L19.
verb trans. Pass (film or tape) between the guides and other parts of a projector, tape-recorder, etc., so that it runs from one spool to another; = LACE verb 4e. Freq. foll. by up. L19.
Comb.: thread-needle, thread-the-needle a children's game in which the participants join hands in a line, and the player at one end of the line passes between the last two at the other end, the rest following.
threader noun a person who or thing which threads something; esp. (a) a person who threads a needle; (b) a device for threading a needle: LME.
threading verbal noun (a) the action of the verb; an instance of this; (b) Computing a programming technique in which processes are executed as a series of routines indicated by a sequence of instructions or words; esp. = MULTI-THREADING: L16.