thread
noun/θred/
Слово англійською: thread
Переклад thread українською: ни́тка, різьба́ (гвинт)
Детальний опис
- [uncountable, countable] a thin string of cotton, wool, silk, etc. used for sewing or making cloth
- a needle and thread
- a robe embroidered with gold thread
- the delicate threads of a spider’s web
- You've pulled a thread in your jumper.
Wordfinder- baste
- bind
- embroidery
- hem
- lining
- seam
- sew
- stitch
- tack
- thread
- [countable] an idea or a feature that is part of something greater; an idea that connects the different parts of something
- A common thread runs through these discussions.
- The author skilfully draws together the different threads of the plot.
- I lost the thread of the argument (= I could no longer follow it).
- The speaker lost his thread (= forgot what he wanted to say) halfway through the talk.
- [countable] thread (of something) a long, thin line of something
- A thread of light emerged from the keyhole.
- a silvery thread of water
- Thin threads of blood glittered on his forehead and cheeks.
- [countable] (computing) a series of connected messages on email, social media, etc. that have been sent by different people
- [countable] the raised line that runs around the length of a screw and that allows it to be fixed in place by twisting
- threads[plural] (North American English, old-fashioned, informal) clothes
Word OriginOld English thrǣd (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch draad and German Draht, also to the verb throw. The verb dates from late Middle English.
Idioms
hang by a hair/thread
- (of a person’s life) to be in great dangerTopics Dangerc2
pick up the threads
- to return to an earlier situation or way of life after a period doing something else