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threads plural
covering for the human body
- a number of people at the prom complimented me on my "nice threads"
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verbSynonyms of thread (Entry 2 of 2)
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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
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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
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“Thread.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thread. Accessed 26 Nov. 2021.
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The first known use of thread was before the 12th century
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