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1. (of bolts or screws) having screw threads

1. To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
   "the river threads through the hills"
   - weave, wind, meander, wander
    
2. Pass a thread through
   "thread a needle"
    
3. Remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string
   "She had her eyebrows threaded"
    
4. Pass through or into
   "thread tape"; "thread film"
    
5. Thread on or as if on a string
   "thread dried cranberries"
   - string, draw

See also: screw thread, threader

Type of: arrange, draw, draw out, extract, go, guide, locomote, move, pass, pull, pull out, pull up, run, set up, take out, travel

Encyclopedia: Thread