This thread tangles easily.
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Thread
/θɹɛd/
Synonyms for "thread" (253 found)
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Closest matches (51)
acetate rayonalpacaangoraanimal fiberaralacarrayarticulationartificial fiberaviscobankbastbe continuousbuzzcambric teacapillamentcashmerecatenacatenatecatenationcelanese
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Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (76)
Related words (126)
Noun(44 words)
near-silknexusnylonoakumorlonpasspendulumperiodicityplenumplotpowder trainprogressionqueueraffiarangerankrayonrecurrencereedreticulation
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rope of sandrotationroundroutinerowrunrun onsand castlescalesequenceseriessilksingle filesisalskeinspandexspectrumspun rayonstrainstrandstringstring togethersubjectsuccessionsutureswathtendriltenorterylenethemethesisthreadlettiertraintrain of thoughttussahtwineveinvelonvicarawaterwebwindwindrowwoolworstedyarnzephyr
Related word relations
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More general
46 entriesarrangecerebrationcommunicationcorddiscussiondrawdraw outextractfastener featurefibergogrooveguideideainsert actionintellection
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More specific
20 entriesUNC threadcoarse threadcomment threadcotton threaddiscussion threadembroidery threadfine threadforum threadmetric threadnarrative threadnylon threadplot threadpolyester threadsilk threadthread a motifthread a path
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Collocations
11 entriescotton threadnylon threadscrew threadsewing threadthread a narrativethread a needlethread countthread designthread of logicthread the needlethread through
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
16 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- прому́ша verb (make one's way through or between)
- прому́швам verb (make one's way through or between)
- промъ́квам verb (make one's way through or between)
- промъ́кна verb (make one's way through or between)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 穿梭 verb (make one's way through or between)
Dutch
1 entries- passeren voorbij gaan verb (make one's way through or between)
Finnish
1 entries- pujotella verb (make one's way through or between)
French
1 entries- filer verb (make one's way through or between)
German
4 entries- bahnen verb (make one's way through or between)
- durchfädeln verb (make one's way through or between)
- durchkommen verb (make one's way through or between)
- passieren verb (make one's way through or between)
Portuguese
1 entries- enfiar verb (make one's way through or between)
Spanish
1 entries- pasar verb (make one's way through or between)
Swedish
2 entries- passera verb (make one's way through or between)
- träda verb (make one's way through or between)
Sample sentences
36 total sentences available.
My grandma stooped down and picked up a needle and thread.
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You're a magician with a needle and thread.
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Your job hangs by a thread.
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