Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: thread
IPA transcription: [θɹ'ɛd]
Pronunciations of thread
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: thread, yarn
    Meaning: a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: weave, wind, thread, meander, wander
    Meaning: 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"
  • Synonyms: thread
    Meaning: pass a thread through; "thread a needle"
Usage examples
  • She broke every thread that appeared.
  • He had made one more splice of the broken thread.
  • He tried in vain to catch up the thread of his thoughts.
  • One of them was a mere shapeless rag hanging by a thread.
  • This drunken Caderousse has made me lose the thread of my sentence."
  • Clotho, the spinner of the thread of life, was the eldest of the three.
  • "Pray heaven that the thread may not snap," he repeated, with his enigmatic smile.
  • He had only the violet thread in his pocket, such as was customary for sick calls.
  • An ordinary optic nerve is about the thickness of a thread, but his is like a cord.
  • A little thread connects this with the chorale-like introduction of the second theme.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Rosary, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Parallel computing, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording 4chan, License CC BY-SA 4.0