Meaning

noun a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving

noun any long object resembling a thin line

noun the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together

originFrom Middle English thred, þred, threed, from Old English þrǣd, from Proto-Germanic *þrēduz, from Proto-Indo-European *treh₁-tu-s, from *terh₁- (“rub, twist”). Cognates Cognate with Yola dreade (“thread”), Saterland Frisian Träid (“thread, wire”), Cimbrian draat (“string, thread”), Dutch draad (“thread, wire”), German Draht (“thread, wire”), Luxembourgish Drot (“wire”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål,…

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