line+thread

  • 41line — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. interline, face; delineate. n. mark; cord, string; crease, wrinkle; verse, note; route, system; vocation, calling; lineage; row, file. See indication, filament, poetry, business, ancestry,… …

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  • 42line — I n 1. rule, bar, score, underline, underscore, hairline; mark, stroke, streak, dash, hyphen, virgule, diagonal; marking, inscription, inscript, engraving, incision; scratch, notch, slash, etch, hatching. 2. band, stripe, strip, belt, zone, layer …

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  • 43line — {{11}}line (n.) a Middle English merger of O.E. line cable, rope; series, row, row of letters; rule, direction, and O.Fr. ligne guideline, cord, string; lineage, descent; both from L. linea linen thread, string, line, from phrase linea restis… …

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  • 44thread — threader, n. threadless, adj. threadlike, adj. /thred/, n. 1. a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, esp. when composed of two or more filaments twisted together. 2. twisted filaments or fibers of… …

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  • 45Thread hijacking — Email Thread hijacking (or threadjacking ) in online communication is the act of composing a new mail to a email mailing list, internet forum or newsgroup by replying to an existing message with un or barely related content, rather than composing …

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  • 46thread — /θrɛd / (say thred) noun 1. a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially such a cord composed of two or more filaments twisted together. 2. twisted fibres of any kind used for sewing. 3. one… …

  • 47thread — 1. noun 1) a needle and thread Syn: cotton, filament, fiber; yarn, string, twine 2) literary the Fraser was a thread of silver below them Syn: streak, strand, stripe, line, strip …

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  • 48thread — [[t]θrɛd[/t]] n. 1) tex a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, esp. when composed of two or more filaments twisted together 2) tex twisted filaments or fibers of any kind used for sewing 3) tex… …

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  • 49thread — n. & v. n. 1 a a spun out filament of cotton, silk, or glass etc.; yarn. b a length of this. 2 a thin cord of twisted yarns used esp. in sewing and weaving. 3 anything regarded as threadlike with reference to its continuity or connectedness (the… …

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  • 50thread — noun 1》 a long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibres used in sewing or weaving. 2》 a long thin line. 3》 (also screw thread) a helical ridge on the outside of a screw, bolt, etc. or on the inside of a cylindrical hole, to allow two parts… …

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