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Verbi

1. (transitive) To pass a thread through the eye of a needle.
2. (transitive) To fix (beads, pearls, etc.) upon a thread that is passed through; to string.
3. (transitive, figurative) To make one's way through or between (a constriction or obstacles).
4. To cautiously make (one's way) through a precarious place or situation.
5. (transitive, figurative) To pass through; to pierce through; to penetrate.
6. (transitive) To interweave as if with thread; to intersperse.
7. (transitive) To form a screw thread on or in (a bolt, hole, etc.).
8. (ambitransitive) To remove (facial hair) by way of a looped thread that is tightly wound in the middle.
9. (ambitransitive) To feed (a sewing machine or otherwise a projecting or exposing mechanism, such as a projector, a camera, etc.) with film. [(usually) with up]
10. (transitive) To pass (a film or tape) through a projector, recorder, etc. so as to correct its path.
11. (intransitive) Of boiling syrup: To form a threadlike stream when poured from a spoon.

Substantiivi

1. A cord formed by spinning or twisting together textile fibers or filaments into one or more continuous strands, typically used in needlework.
2. (weaving) A piece of yarn, especially said of warps and wefts in a woven fabric.
3. Any of various natural (as spiderweb, etc.) or manufactured filaments (as glass, plastic, metal, etc.).
4. A slender stream of water.
5. The line midway between the banks of a stream.
6. (engineering) A screw thread.
7. The continuing course of life; thread of life.
8. An ordered course, that which connects the successive points in a discourse.
9. A line of reasoning, sequence of ideas, or train of thought.
10. A continuing theme that modifies the whole discourse.
11. (computing) A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
12. (Internet) A series of posts or messages, consisting of an initial post and responses to it, generally relating to the same subject, on a newsgroup, Internet forum, or social media platform.
13. A sequence of connections.
14. A precarious condition; something that which offers no real or otherwise perceived security.
15. (figurative, obsolete) The degree of fineness; quality; nature.