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Interthread
adj, verb
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Between threads. not-comparable
"interthread communication"
Verb
- 1 To pass (strands of material) over and under one another to create a fabric; (by analogy) to weave long, narrow objects together. transitive
"the interthreading of warp and weft"
- 2 To alter a fabric by weaving additional strands into it; to bring (two or more things) together like the strands in fabric; to bring (one thing) together (with another thing). transitive
"silk fabrics interthreaded with gold and silver"
- 3 To be present in every part of (something) like strands running through it. transitive
"the black moor, interthreaded with briny waters"
- 4 To integrate (strands of material into a fabric) by weaving. transitive
"[…] Christianity is slowly but steadily, and as surely, interthreading her bright woof-lines into the texture of national and political, as well as social life:"
- 5 To be or become woven or twisted together (with something); to be or become inextricably associated like strands woven or twisted together. intransitive
"an immense lake of ceaselessly interthreading grays and silvers"
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- 6 To move alternately on either side of people or objects; to weave in and out. intransitive
"One, two, three, four step forth, and, to and fro, Delicately and imperceptibly, Now swaying gently in a row, Now interthreading slow and rhythmically,"
Etymology
Etymology 1
From inter- + thread.
Etymology 2
From inter- + thread.
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