thread

thread (http://definr.com/thread)

     n 1: a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or
          nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving [syn: yarn]
     2: any long object resembling a thin line; "a mere ribbon of
        land"; "the lighted ribbon of traffic"; "from the air the
        road was a gray thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed
        upward" [syn: ribbon]
     3: 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" [syn: {train
        of thought}]
     4: the raised helical rib going around a screw [syn: {screw
        thread}]
     v 1: 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" [syn: weave, wind,
          meander, wander]
     2: pass a thread through; "thread a needle"
     3: thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string";
        "the child drew glass beads on a string" [syn: string, draw]