| impale | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. empale, impale, spike, transfix | pierce with a sharp stake or point.; "impale a shrimp on a skewer" |
| ~ pierce, thrust | penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument. |
| ~ pin | pierce with a pin.; "pin down the butterfly" |
| ~ spear | pierce with a spear.; "spear fish" |
| v. (contact) | 2. impale, stake | kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole.; "the enemies were impaled and left to die" |
| ~ kill | cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly.; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" |
| ~ pierce | make a hole into.; "The needle pierced her flesh" |
| skewer | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. skewer | a long pin for holding meat in position while it is being roasted. |
| ~ pin | a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things. |
| ~ spit | a skewer for holding meat over a fire. |
| v. (contact) | 2. skewer, spit | drive a skewer through.; "skewer the meat for the BBQ" |
| ~ pin | pierce with a pin.; "pin down the butterfly" |
| 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" |
| spit | | |
| n. (object) | 1. spit, tongue | a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea. |
| ~ cape, ness | a strip of land projecting into a body of water. |
| ~ sand | a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral. |
| n. (body) | 2. saliva, spit, spittle | a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches. |
| ~ secretion | a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell. |
| ~ slobber, dribble, drivel, drool | saliva spilling from the mouth. |
| ~ tobacco juice | saliva colored brown by tobacco (snuff or chewing tobacco). |
| ~ salivary gland | any of three pairs of glands in the mouth and digestive system that secrete saliva for digestion. |
| ~ ptyalin | an amylase secreted in saliva. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. spit | a skewer for holding meat over a fire. |
| ~ brochette | a small spit or skewer. |
| ~ rack, stand | a support for displaying various articles.; "the newspapers were arranged on a rack" |
| ~ skewer | a long pin for holding meat in position while it is being roasted. |
| ~ turnspit | a roasting spit that can be turned. |
| n. (act) | 4. expectoration, spit, spitting | the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva). |
| ~ ejection, forcing out, expulsion, projection | the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting. |
| v. (body) | 5. ptyalise, ptyalize, spew, spit, spue | expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth.; "The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer" |
| ~ cough out, cough up, expectorate, spit up, spit out | discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth. |
| v. (communication) | 6. spit, spit out | utter with anger or contempt. |
| ~ let loose, let out, utter, emit | express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words).; "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand" |
| v. (weather) | 7. patter, pitter-patter, spatter, spit, sprinkle | rain gently.; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick" |
| ~ rain, rain down | precipitate as rain.; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding" |
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