thread in WordNet English dictionary

1. thread on or as if on a string
   "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"
   string  thread  draw 
   
2. to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
   "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"
   weave  wind  thread  meander  wander 
   
3. pass a thread through
   "thread a needle"
   thread 
   
4. remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string
   "She had her eyebrows threaded"
   thread 
   
5. pass through or into
   "thread tape"; "thread film"
   thread 
   

1. any long object resembling a thin line
   "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"
   ribbon  thread 
   
2. the raised helical rib going around a screw
   screw thread  thread 
   
3. a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
   thread  yarn 
   
4. the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together
   "I couldn't follow his train of thought"; "he lost the thread of his argument"
   train of thought  thread