line+thread

  • 51thread — [θred] noun I 1) [C/U] a long thin fibre used for sewing cotton/silk/nylon thread[/ex] You need a longer piece of thread.[/ex] 2) [C] an idea or quality that forms a connection between things There is a common thread running through all the… …

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  • 52line — Synonyms and related words: DMZ, Indian file, L, MO, Spenserian stanza, WATS, WATS line, Zeitgeist, abut, accommodation, accompaniment, accord, accordance, aceldama, acknowledgment, acquiescence, acquire, action, activity, adaptation, adaption,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 53line — I 1. noun 1) he drew a line through the name Syn: dash, rule, bar, score; underline, underscore, stroke, slash; technical stria, striation 2) there were lines around her eyes Syn: wrinkle …

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  • 54thread vein — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms thread vein : singular thread vein plural thread veins a very small red line on your face where the skin is damaged …

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  • 55line — 1. noun 1) he drew a line through the name Syn: stroke, dash, score, underline, underscore, slash, stripe, strip, band, belt; Brit. oblique 2) there were lines round her eyes Syn …

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  • 56thread of stream — The mean center line of the main channel of a stream or river. Buttenuth v St. Louis Bridge Co. 123 Ill 535, 17 NE 439. The middle line between the shores, irrespective of the depth of the channel, taking it in the natural and ordinary stage of… …

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  • 57thread — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. filament, fiber, hair; string; yarn; linen, cotton, silk, lisle, nylon, etc.; course, drift, train (of thought). See continuity, narrowness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. cotton, yarn, wool, lisle, filament …

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  • 58line — [OE] The closest modern English line comes to its ancestor is probably in the fisherman’s ‘rod and line’ – a ‘string’ or ‘chord’. For it goes back to Latin līnea ‘string’. This was a derivative of līnum ‘flax’ (source of English linen), and hence …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 59line — [OE] The closest modern English line comes to its ancestor is probably in the fisherman’s ‘rod and line’ – a ‘string’ or ‘chord’. For it goes back to Latin līnea ‘string’. This was a derivative of līnum ‘flax’ (source of English linen), and hence …

    Word origins

  • 60Thread the Needle —    A game which can exist independently, as a dance movement, or as part of other customs or festivities. The basic movement is a line of people holding hands, two of whom hold their hands up to make an arch, and the leader goes through the arch… …

    A Dictionary of English folklore