| thread | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. thread, yarn | a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving. |
| ~ cord | a line made of twisted fibers or threads.; "the bundle was tied with a cord" |
| ~ cotton | thread made of cotton fibers. |
| ~ dental floss, floss | a soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teeth. |
| ~ floss | a soft loosely twisted thread used in embroidery. |
| ~ lastex | yarn that has an elastic core wound around with cotton or silk or nylon or rayon threads. |
| ~ ligature | thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood). |
| ~ metallic | a yarn made partly or entirely of metal. |
| ~ nap, pile | the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave.; "for uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction" |
| ~ purl | gold or silver wire thread. |
| ~ suture | thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together. |
| ~ tinsel | a thread with glittering metal foil attached. |
| ~ warp | yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof. |
| ~ weft, woof, filling, pick | the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving. |
| ~ worsted yarn, worsted | a tightly twisted woolen yarn spun from long-staple wool. |
| n. (object) | 2. ribbon, thread | any long object resembling a thin line.; "a mere ribbon of land"; "the lighted ribbon of traffic"; "from the air the road was a grey thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed upward" |
| ~ object, physical object | a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow.; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" |
| ~ blade | something long and thin resembling a blade of grass.; "a blade of lint on his suit" |
| n. (cognition) | 3. thread, train of thought | the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together.; "I couldn't follow his train of thought"; "he lost the thread of his argument" |
| ~ cerebration, intellection, mentation, thinking, thought process, thought | the process of using your mind to consider something carefully.; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought" |
| n. (artifact) | 4. screw thread, thread | the raised helical rib going around a screw. |
| ~ rib | support resembling the rib of an animal. |
| ~ screw | a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head. |
| v. (motion) | 5. meander, thread, wander, weave, wind | to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course.; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ snake | move along a winding path.; "The army snaked through the jungle" |
| ~ wander | go via an indirect route or at no set pace.; "After dinner, we wandered into town" |
| v. (contact) | 6. thread | pass a thread through.; "thread a needle" |
| ~ guide, pass, run, draw | pass over, across, or through.; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers" |
| v. (contact) | 7. thread | remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string.; "She had her eyebrows threaded" |
| ~ extract, pull out, pull up, draw out, take out, pull | remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense.; "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram" |
| v. (contact) | 8. thread | pass through or into.; "thread tape"; "thread film" |
| ~ guide, pass, run, draw | pass over, across, or through.; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers" |
| v. (contact) | 9. draw, string, thread | thread on or as if on a string.; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries" |
| ~ guide, pass, run, draw | pass over, across, or through.; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers" |
| ~ bead | string together like beads. |
| ~ arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order.; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" |
| ~ wire | string on a wire.; "wire beads" |
| twine | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. string, twine | a lightweight cord. |
| ~ chalk line, snap line, snapline | a chalked string used in the building trades to make a straight line on a vertical surface. |
| ~ cord | a line made of twisted fibers or threads.; "the bundle was tied with a cord" |
| ~ packthread | a strong three-ply twine used to sew or tie packages. |
| v. (contact) | 2. enlace, entwine, interlace, intertwine, lace, twine | spin,wind, or twist together.; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts" |
| ~ distort, twine, twist | form into a spiral shape.; "The cord is all twisted" |
| ~ wreathe, wind | form into a wreath. |
| ~ twine | make by twisting together or intertwining.; "twine a rope" |
| ~ wattle | interlace to form wattle. |
| ~ plash, pleach | interlace the shoots of.; "pleach a hedge" |
| ~ ravel, tangle, knot | tangle or complicate.; "a ravelled story" |
| ~ splice | join by interweaving strands.; "Splice the wires" |
| v. (contact) | 3. roll, twine, wind, wrap | arrange or or coil around.; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child" |
| ~ spool | wind onto a spool or a reel. |
| ~ reel | wind onto or off a reel. |
| ~ ball | form into a ball by winding or rolling.; "ball wool" |
| ~ clew, clue | roll into a ball. |
| ~ coil, curl, loop | wind around something in coils or loops. |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| v. (contact) | 4. twine | make by twisting together or intertwining.; "twine a rope" |
| ~ enlace, interlace, intertwine, lace, twine, entwine | spin,wind, or twist together.; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| v. (contact) | 5. distort, twine, twist | form into a spiral shape.; "The cord is all twisted" |
| ~ change form, change shape, deform | assume a different shape or form. |
| ~ wring, wrench | twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish.; "Wring one's hand" |
| ~ contort, wring, deform, distort | twist and press out of shape. |
| ~ mat, entangle, snarl, tangle | twist together or entwine into a confusing mass.; "The child entangled the cord" |
| ~ enlace, interlace, intertwine, lace, twine, entwine | spin,wind, or twist together.; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts" |
| ~ spin | work natural fibers into a thread.; "spin silk" |
| ~ interweave, weave | interlace by or as if by weaving. |
| solid | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. solid | matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure. |
| ~ matter | that which has mass and occupies space.; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it" |
| ~ solid food, food | any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment.; "food and drink" |
| ~ precipitate | a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering. |
| ~ plastic | generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives. |
| ~ glass | a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure. |
| ~ crystal | a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure. |
| ~ powder, pulverisation, pulverization | a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized. |
| ~ dry ice | solidified carbon dioxide; dry ice sublimates at -78.5 C and is used mainly as a refrigerant. |
| ~ vitrification | a vitrified substance; the glassy result of being vitrified. |
| n. (state) | 2. solid, solid state, solidness | the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress; resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it; and retains a definite size and shape. |
| ~ state of matter, state | (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container).; "the solid state of water is called ice" |
| n. (shape) | 3. solid | a three-dimensional shape. |
| ~ shape, form | the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance.; "geometry is the mathematical science of shape" |
| ~ convex shape, convexity | a shape that curves or bulges outward. |
| ~ concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature | a shape that curves or bends inward. |
| ~ cylinder | a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases). |
| ~ polyhedron | a solid figure bounded by plane polygons or faces. |
| ~ toroid | the doughnut-shaped object enclosed by a torus. |
| ~ mold, stamp, mould, cast | the distinctive form in which a thing is made.; "pottery of this cast was found throughout the region" |
| ~ cube, block | a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides. |
| ~ ovoid | an egg-shaped object. |
| ~ frustum | a truncated cone or pyramid; the part that is left when a cone or pyramid is cut by a plane parallel to the base and the apical part is removed. |
| adj. | 4. solid | characterized by good substantial quality.; "solid comfort"; "a solid base hit" |
| ~ good | having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified.; "good news from the hospital"; "a good report card"; "when she was good she was very very good"; "a good knife is one good for cutting"; "this stump will make a good picnic table"; "a good check"; "a good joke"; "a good exterior paint"; "a good secretary"; "a good dress for the office" |
| adj. | 5. solid | of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous.; "ice is water in the solid state" |
| ~ hard | resisting weight or pressure. |
| ~ solidified, coagulated | changed into a solid mass. |
| ~ concrete | formed by the coalescence of particles. |
| ~ congealed, jelled, jellied | congealed into jelly; solidified by cooling.; "in Georgia they serve congealed salads" |
| ~ dry | used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones.; "dry weight" |
| ~ semisolid | partly solid; having a rigidity and viscosity intermediate between a solid and a liquid.; "a semisolid mixture" |
| ~ solid-state | consisting of semiconductor materials and components and related devices. |
| ~ solid-state | characteristic of or relating to the physical properties of solid materials especially electromagnetic or thermodynamic or structural properties of crystalline solids. |
| adj. | 6. solid | entirely of one substance with no holes inside.; "a solid block of wood" |
| ~ massive | being the same substance throughout.; "massive silver" |
| adj. | 7. solid | of one substance or character throughout.; "solid gold"; "carved out of solid rock" |
| ~ homogeneous, homogenous | all of the same or similar kind or nature.; "a close-knit homogeneous group" |
| adj. | 8. solid | uninterrupted in space; having no gaps or breaks.; "a solid line across the page"; "solid sheets of water" |
| ~ unbroken | marked by continuous or uninterrupted extension in space or time or sequence.; "cars in an unbroken procession"; "the unbroken quiet of the afternoon" |
| adj. | 9. hearty, satisfying, solid, square, substantial | providing abundant nourishment.; "a hearty meal"; "good solid food"; "ate a substantial breakfast"; "four square meals a day" |
| ~ wholesome | conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being.; "wholesome attitude"; "wholesome appearance"; "wholesome food" |
| adj. | 10. solid, strong, substantial | of good quality and condition; solidly built.; "a solid foundation"; "several substantial timber buildings" |
| ~ sound | in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay.; "a sound timber"; "the wall is sound"; "a sound foundation" |
| adj. | 11. firm, solid | not soft or yielding to pressure.; "a firm mattress"; "the snow was firm underfoot"; "solid ground" |
| ~ hard | resisting weight or pressure. |
| adj. | 12. solid | having three dimensions.; "a solid object" |
| ~ cubic, three-dimensional | having three dimensions. |
| adj. | 13. solid | impenetrable for the eye.; "solid blackness" |
| ~ opaque | not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight.; "opaque windows of the jail"; "opaque to X-rays" |
| adj. | 14. solid | financially sound.; "the bank is solid and will survive this attack" |
| ~ sound | financially secure and safe.; "sound investments"; "a sound economy" |
| adj. | 15. solid | of a substantial character and not frivolous or superficial.; "work of solid scholarship"; "based on solid facts" |
| ~ serious | concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities.; "a serious student of history"; "a serious attempt to learn to ski"; "gave me a serious look"; "a serious young man"; "are you serious or joking?"; "Don't be so serious!" |
| adj. | 16. solid, upstanding | meriting respect or esteem.; "an upstanding member of the community" |
| ~ respectable | characterized by socially or conventionally acceptable morals.; "a respectable woman" |
| adj. | 17. self-colored, self-coloured, solid | of the same color throughout.; "solid color" |
| ~ homogeneous, homogenous | all of the same or similar kind or nature.; "a close-knit homogeneous group" |
| adj. | 18. solid, unanimous, whole | acting together as a single undiversified whole.; "a solid voting bloc" |
| ~ undiversified | not diversified. |
| unanimous | | |
| adj. | 1. consentaneous, consentient, unanimous | in complete agreement.; "a unanimous decision" |
| ~ accordant | being in agreement or harmony; often followed by `with'.; "a place perfectly accordant with man's nature" |
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