Entry Word: thread

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to scatter or set here and there among other things <this history book threads excerpts from the diaries of pioneer women into its account of the settlement of the West>

Synonyms interlace, intersperse, interweave, lace, weave, wreathe

Related Words insert, intermingle, mingle, mix; alternate, juxtapose; amalgamate, assimilate, blend, combine, commingle, embody, fuse, incorporate, integrate, merge

2 to put together into a series by means of or as if by means of a thread <the reporter threaded his newspaper articles about the basketball team into a book that was essentially a chronicle of their championship season>

Synonyms concatenate, string

Related Words chain, connect, join, link, unite; interlace, intersperse, intertwine, interweave, lace, weave, wreathe