Sewing Definition–noun | 1. | the act or work of one who sews. | | 2. | something sewn or to be sewn. | |
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Thread Definition–noun | 1. | a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, esp. when composed of two or more filaments twisted together. | | 2. | twisted filaments or fibers of any kind used for sewing. | | 3. | one of the lengths of yarn forming the warp or weft of a woven fabric. | | 4. | a filament or fiber of glass or other ductile substance. | | 5. | Ropemaking. | a. | any of a number of fibers twisted into a yarn. | | b. | a yarn, esp. as enumerated in descr
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ibing small stuff. | | | 6. | something having the fineness or slenderness of a filament, as a thin continuous stream of liquid, a fine line of color, or a thin seam of ore: a thread of smoke. | | 7. | the helical ridge of a screw. | | 8. | that which runs through the whole course of something, connecting successive parts: I lost the thread of the story. | | 9. | something conceived as being spun or continuously drawn out, as the course of life fabled to be spun, measured, and cut by the Fates. | | 10. | Computers. a series of newsgroup messages dealing with the same subject. | –verb (used with object) | 12. | to pass the end of a thread through the eye of (a needle). | | 13. | to fix (beads, pearls, etc.) upon a thread that is passed through; string. | | 14. | to pass continuously through the whole course of (something); pervade: A joyous quality threaded the whole symphony. | | 15. | to make one's way through (a narrow passage, forest, crowd, etc.). | | 16. | to make (one's way) thus: He threaded his way through the crowd. | | 17. | to form a thread on or in (a bolt, hole, etc.). | | 18. | to place and arrange thread, yarn, etc., in position on (a sewing machine, loom, textile machine, etc.). | –verb (used without object) | 19. | to thread one's way, as through a passage or between obstacles: They threaded carefully along the narrow pass. | | 20. | to move in a threadlike course; wind or twine. | | 21. | Cookery. (of boiling syrup) to form a fine thread when poured from a spoon.
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