English-Thai Dictionary
thread
N ชีวิต ของ มนุษย์ che-wid-kong-ma-nud
thread
N ด้าย เส้นด้าย เส้น ไหม เส้น ใย cotton wool filament fiber dai
thread
N สิ่ง ที่ มี ลักษณะ เรียว เล็ก sing-ti-me-lak-sa-na-riao-lek
thread
N เรื่อง หรือ เหตุการณ์ ที่ เกิดขึ้น ต่อเนื่อง กัน ruang-ti-hed-kan-ti-koed-kuan-tor-nung
thread
VI เคลื่อนที่ ไป อย่างระมัดระวัง klun-ti-pia-yang-ra-mad-ra-wang
thread
VT ทะลุ ผ่าน ta-lu-pan
thread
VT ร้อย ลูกปัด ร้อย สิ่ง ต่างๆ บน ด้าย string wire undo unthread roi-luk-pad
thread
VT เคลื่อนที่ ไป อย่างระมัดระวัง klun-ti-pia-yang-ra-mad-ra-wang
thread through
PHRV สอด ผ่าน ลอดผ่าน sod-pan
threadbare
ADJ เก่า จน หมด ขน (เสื้อผ้า เก่า มาก shabby seedy ragged kao-jon-kai-mod
threader
N เครื่องมือ ที่ ใช้ ใน การร้อย ด้าย เข้า เข็ม krueng-mue-ti-chai-nai-kan-roi-dai
threads
SL เสื้อผ้า suea-pa
threadworm
N พยาธิ เส้นด้าย
thready
A ที่ คล้าย เส้นด้าย ที่ เหนียว ข้น ที่ ยาว เรียว ที่ อ่อนแอ บอบบาง
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
THREAD, THRED
n. 1. A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length.
2. The filament of a flower.
3. The filament of any fibrous substance, as of bark.
4. A fine filament or line of gold or silver.
5. Air-threads, the fine white filaments which are seen floating in the air in summer, the production of spiders.
6. Something continued in a long course or tenor; as the thread of a discourse.
7. The prominent spiral part of a screw.
THREAD, THRED
v.t.To pass a thread through the eye; as, to thread a needle. 1. To pass or pierce through, as a narrow way or channel.
They would not thread the gates,
Heavy trading ships--threading the Bosporus.
THREADBARE, THREDBARE
a.[thread and bare. ] Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; as a threadbare coat; threadbare clothes. 1. Worn out; trite; hackneyed; used till it has lost its novelty or interest; as a threadbare subject; state topics and threadbare quotations.
THREADBARENESS, THREDBARENESS
n.The state of being threadbare or trite.
THREADEN, THREDEN
a.Made of thread; as threaden sails. [Little used. ]
THREAD-SHAPED, THRED-SHAPED
a.In botany, filiform.
THREADY, THREDY
a.Like thread or filaments; slender. 1. Containing thread.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
THREAD
Thread, n. Etym: [OE. threed,, AS. ; akin to D. draad, G. draht wire, thread, OHG. drat, Icel. a thread, Sw. tråd, Dan. traad, and AS. to twist. See Throw, and cf. Third. ]
1. A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or more single yarns doubled, or joined together, and twisted.
2. A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark; also, a line of gold or silver.
3. The prominent part of the spiral of a screw or nut; the rib. See Screw, n., 1.
4. Fig. : Something continued in a long course or tenor; a,s the thread of life, or of a discourse. Bp. Burnet.
5. Fig. : Composition; quality; fineness. [Obs. ] A neat courtier, Of a most elegant thread. B. Jonson. Air thread, the fine white filaments which are seen floating in the air in summer, the production of spiders; gossamer. -- Thread and thrum, the good and bad together. [Obs. ] Shak. -- Thread cell (Zoöl.), a lasso cell. See under Lasso. -- Thread herring (Zoöl.), the gizzard shad. See under Gizzard. -- Thread lace, lace made of linen thread. -- Thread needle, a game in which children stand in a row, joining hands, and in which the outer one, still holding his neighbor, runs between the others; -- called also thread the needle.
THREAD
Thread, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Threaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Threading. ]
1. To pass a thread through the eye of; as, to thread a needle.
2. To pass or pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect or make, as one's way, through or between obstacles; to thrid. Heavy trading ships... threading the Bosphorus. Mitford. They would not thread the gates. Shak.
3. To form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in; as, to thread a screw or nut.
THREADBARE
THREADBARE Thread "bare `, a.
1. Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes. "A threadbare cope. " Chaucer.
2. Fig. : Worn out; as, a threadbare subject; stale topics and threadbare quotations. Swift.
THREADBARENESS
THREADBARENESS Thread "bare `ness, n.
Defn: The state of being threadbare.
THREADEN
THREADEN Thread "en, a.
Defn: Made of thread; as, threaden sails; a threaden fillet. [Obs. ] Shak.
THREADER
THREADER Thread "er, n.
1. A device for assisting in threading a needle.
2. A tool or machine for forming a thread on a screw or in a nut.
THREADFIN
THREADFIN Thread "fin `, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Polynemus and allied genera. They have numerous long pectoral filaments.
THREADFISH
THREADFISH Thread "fish `, n. (Zoöl.)(a ) The cutlass fish. (b ) A carangoid fish (Caranx gallus, or C. crinitus ) having the anterior rays of the soft dorsal and anal fins prolonged in the form of long threads.
THREADINESS
THREADINESS Thread "i *ness, n.
Defn: Quality of being thready.
THREAD-SHAPED
THREAD-SHAPED Thread "-shaped `, a.
Defn: Having the form of a thread; filiform.
THREADWORM
THREADWORM Thread "worm `, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any long, slender nematode worm, especially the pinworm and filaria.
THREADY
THREADY Thread "y, a.
1. Like thread or filaments; slender; as, the thready roots of a shrub.
2. Containing, or consisting of, thread.
New American Oxford Dictionary
thread
thread |THred θrɛd | ▶noun 1 a long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibers used in sewing or weaving. • cotton, nylon, or other fibers spun into long, thin strands and used for sewing. • (threads ) informal clothes. 2 a thing resembling a thread in length or thinness, in particular: • chiefly literary a long, thin line or piece of something: the river was a thread of silver below them. • a theme or characteristic, typically forming one of several, running throughout a situation or piece of writing: a common thread running through the scandals was the failure to conduct audits. 3 a group of linked messages posted on an Internet forum that share a common subject or theme. • a programming structure or process formed by linking a number of separate elements or subroutines, esp. each of the tasks executed concurrently in multithreading. 4 (also screw thread ) a helical ridge on the outside of a screw, bolt, etc. , or on the inside of a cylindrical hole, to allow two parts to be screwed together. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 pass a thread through the eye of (a needle ) or through the needle and guides of (a sewing machine ). • pass (a long, thin object or piece of material ) through something and into the required position for use: he threaded the rope through a pulley. • [ no obj. ] move carefully or skillfully in and out of obstacles: she threaded her way through the tables. • interweave or intersperse as if with threads: his hair had become ill-kempt and threaded with gray. • put (beads, chunks of food, or other small objects ) together or singly on a thread, chain, or skewer that runs through the center of each one: Connie sat threading beads. 2 (usu. as adj. threaded ) cut a screw thread in or on (a hole, screw, or other object ). PHRASES hang by a thread be in a highly precarious state. lose the (or one's ) thread be unable to follow what someone is saying or remember what one is going to say next. DERIVATIVES thread like |-ˌlīk |adjective ORIGIN Old English thrǣd (noun ), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch draad and German Draht, also to the verb throw. The verb dates from late Middle English.
threadbare
thread bare |ˈTHredˌber ˈθrɛdˌbɛ (ə )r | ▶adjective (of cloth, clothing, or soft furnishings ) becoming thin and tattered with age: shabby rooms with threadbare carpets. • (of a person, building, or room ) poor or shabby in appearance. • (of an argument, excuse, idea, etc. ) used so often that it is no longer effective: the song was a tissue of threadbare clichés.
threader
thread er |ˈTHredər ˈθrɛdər | ▶noun 1 a device for passing a thread through the needle and guides of a sewing machine. • a factory worker who attaches spools of yarn to a loom. 2 a device for cutting a spiral ridge on the outside of a screw or the inside of a hole.
threadfin
thread fin |ˈTHredˌfin ˈθrɛdˌfɪn | ▶noun a tropical marine fish that has long streamers or rays arising from its pectoral fins, locally important as a food fish. [Family Polynemidae: several genera and species. ]
threading
thread ing |ˈTHrediNG θredɪŋ | ▶noun 1 a process in which unwanted facial hair is removed by using twisted cotton thread to pull the hair from the follicle. 2 Computing the system by which consecutive messages relating to a single subject on a message board or newsgroup are stored for retrieval.
thread mark
thread mark ▶noun a mark in the form of a thin line made in banknote paper with highly coloured silk fibres to prevent photographic counterfeiting.
Threadneedle Street
Thread |nee ¦dle Street |ˌθrɛdˈniːd (ə )l | a street in the City of London containing the premises of the Bank of England. ORIGIN Threadneedle from three-needle, possibly from a tavern with the arms of the City of London Guild of Needlemakers.
thread vein
thread vein ▶noun a very slender vein, especially one on the face that is visible through the skin.
threadworm
thread worm |ˈTHredˌwərm ˈθrɛdˌwərm | ▶noun a very slender parasitic nematode worm, esp. a pinworm.
thready
thread y |ˈTHredē ˈθrɛdi | ▶adjective ( threadier, threadiest ) 1 of, relating to, or resembling a thread. 2 (of a sound, esp. the voice ) scarcely audible: he managed a thready whisper. • Medicine (of a person's pulse ) scarcely perceptible.
Oxford Dictionary
thread
thread |θrɛd | ▶noun 1 a long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibres used in sewing or weaving. • [ mass noun ] cotton, nylon, or other fibres spun into long, thin strands and used for sewing. • literary a long, thin line or piece of something: the Thames was a thread of silver below them. 2 a theme or characteristic running throughout a situation or piece of writing: a major thread running through the book is the primacy of form over substance. • a group of linked messages posted on an Internet forum that share a common subject or theme. • Computing a programming structure or process formed by linking a number of separate elements or subroutines, especially each of the tasks executed concurrently in multithreading. 3 (also screw thread ) a helical ridge on the outside of a screw, bolt, etc. or on the inside of a cylindrical hole, to allow two parts to be screwed together. 4 (threads ) informal, chiefly N. Amer. clothes. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 pass a thread through the eye of (a needle ) or through the needle and guides of (a sewing machine ). • [ with obj. and adverbial of direction ] pass (a long, thin object or piece of material ) through something and into the required position for use: he threaded the rope through a pulley. • [ no obj., with adverbial of direction ] move carefully or skilfully in and out of obstacles: she threaded her way through the tables. • interweave or intersperse as if with threads: his hair had become ill-kempt and threaded with grey. • put (beads or other small objects ) on a thread, chain, etc.: Constance sat threading beads. 2 (usu. as adj. threaded ) cut a screw thread in or on (a hole, screw, or other object ). PHRASES hang by a thread be in a highly precarious state. lose the (or one's ) thread be unable to follow what someone is saying or remember what one is going to say next. DERIVATIVES thread-like adjective ORIGIN Old English thrǣd (noun ), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch draad and German Draht, also to the verb throw. The verb dates from late Middle English.
threadbare
thread |bare |ˈθrɛdbɛː | ▶adjective (of cloth, clothing, or soft furnishings ) becoming thin and tattered with age: tatty rooms with threadbare carpets. • (of a person, building, or room ) poor or shabby in appearance. • (of an argument, excuse, idea, etc. ) used so often that it is no longer effective: the song was a tissue of threadbare clichés.
threader
thread ¦er ▶noun 1 a device for passing a thread through the needle and guides of a sewing machine. • a factory worker who attaches spools of yarn to a loom. 2 a device for cutting a spiral ridge on the outside of a screw or the inside of a hole.
threadfin
thread |fin |ˈθrɛdfɪn | ▶noun a tropical marine fish that has long streamers or rays arising from its pectoral fins, locally important as a food fish. ●Family Polynemidae: several genera and species.
threading
threading |ˈθrɛdɪŋ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a method of hair removal in which unwanted hairs are plucked out by using a twisted cotton thread.
thread mark
thread mark ▶noun a mark in the form of a thin line made in banknote paper with highly coloured silk fibres to prevent photographic counterfeiting.
Threadneedle Street
Thread |nee ¦dle Street |ˌθrɛdˈniːd (ə )l | a street in the City of London containing the premises of the Bank of England. ORIGIN Threadneedle from three-needle, possibly from a tavern with the arms of the City of London Guild of Needlemakers.
thread vein
thread vein ▶noun a very slender vein, especially one on the face that is visible through the skin.
threadworm
thread |worm |ˈθrɛdwəːm | ▶noun a very slender parasitic nematode worm, especially a pinworm.
thready
thready |ˈθrɛdi | ▶adjective ( threadier, threadiest ) 1 relating to or resembling a thread. 2 (of a sound, especially the voice ) scarcely audible: he managed a thready whisper. • Medicine (of a person's pulse ) scarcely perceptible.
American Oxford Thesaurus
thread
thread noun 1 a needle and thread: cotton, filament, fiber; yarn, string, twine. 2 literary the Fraser was a thread of silver below them: streak, strand, stripe, line, strip, seam, vein. 3 she lost the thread of the conversation: gist, train of thought, drift, direction; theme, motif, tenor; storyline, plot. ▶verb 1 he threaded the rope through a pulley: pass, string, work, ease, push, poke. 2 she threaded her way through the tables: weave, inch, wind, squeeze, make.
threadbare
threadbare adjective a threadbare carpet: worn, well-worn, old, thin, worn out, holey, moth-eaten, mangy, ragged, frayed, tattered, battered; decrepit, shabby, scruffy, unkempt; having seen better days, falling apart at the seams, falling to pieces, tatty, ratty, the worse for wear, raggedy, dog-eared; informal raggedy-ass.
Oxford Thesaurus
thread
thread noun 1 he sewed it up with needle and thread: yarn, cotton, filament, fibre, strand, string, twine, line; ply. 2 literary the Thames was a thread of silver below them: streak, strand, stripe, line, striation, strip, seam, vein, belt, bar, swathe. 3 she lost the thread of the conversation: train of thought, drift, direction, sense, theme, subject matter, motif, tenor, strain, thrust, subject, gist, burden, action; plot, storyline, scenario. ▶verb 1 he threaded the rope through a pulley: pass, string, weave, work, ease, inch, move, push, poke, thrust. 2 a little girl sat threading minute beads: string. 3 she threaded her way through the tables: weave (one's way ), inch (one's way ), wind (one's way ), file, work (one's way ), push (one's way ), squeeze (one's way ), shoulder (one's way ), elbow (one's way ), make one's way; progress, pass.
threadbare
threadbare adjective 1 a threadbare carpet: worn, well worn, old, thin, worn out, holey, moth-eaten, mangy, ragged, frayed, tattered, battered; decrepit, shabby, scruffy, unkempt; having seen better days, falling apart at the seams, in shreds, in tatters, falling to pieces; informal tatty, ratty, the worse for wear; N. Amer. informal raggedy, raggedy-ass; Austral. informal warby; rare out at elbows. ANTONYMS pristine. 2 his threadbare excuses: hackneyed, trite, banal, vapid, platitudinous, clichéd, cliché -ridden, stock, conventional, unoriginal, derivative, overused, overworked, worn out, tired, stale, dull, pedestrian, run-of-the-mill, routine, humdrum, stereotyped; informal old hat, corny, played out; rare truistic, bromidic. ANTONYMS original, fresh.
Duden Dictionary
Thread
Thread Substantiv, maskulin EDV , der |θrɛt |der Thread; Genitiv: des Thread [s ], Plural: die Threads englisch thread, eigentlich = (Gesprächs )faden, aus dem Germanischen, verwandt mit Draht Folge von Nachrichten zu einem Thema in einer Newsgroup
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
thread
thread /θred / (! -ea-は /e /) 〖「ねじれるもの 」＞「糸 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-dz /1 C U (木綿 亜麻などでできた )糸 , 縫い糸 (!threadは主に裁縫用の細い糸でyarnは編 [織 ]物用 ) ▸ a needle and thread 糸を通した針 (!単数扱い; 「針と糸 」ならa needle and a ～) ▸ with fine cotton thread 細い木綿糸で 2 C (物語 説明などの )筋 , 脈絡 ▸ a common thread in Hollywood films ハリウッド映画のお決まりの筋書き ▸ lose the thread of the conversation 会話の流れを見失う 3 C (糸のように )細い物 [線 ]; (生体組織の )細い筋 ; 毛髪 ; クモの糸 ;｟ 文 ｠ (液体 光 煙などの )線, 筋 ▸ a white thread of moonlight 月の白い光の筋 4 C 〘機 〙ねじ筋, ねじ山 ▸ the thread of a screw ねじくぎの溝 5 ｟主に米俗 やや古 ｠〖～s 〗衣服 .6 〖the ～ (of life )〗生命 (の糸 ), 寿命 .7 C (ガラス 金属などの )細線, 繊条, フィラメント .8 C U 〘コンピュ 〙スレッド 〘a プログラムと別の部分と並行して先行できるプログラムの一部分.b 電子掲示板やメーリングリストなどで, ある発言に関する投稿の連鎖 〙.h à ng by [on, upon ] a thr é ad ｟ややくだけて ｠〈命 人などが 〉危機的状況にある, 風前の灯である .have n ò t a d r̀ y thr é ad on one ずぶぬれである .p ì ck [t à ke ] ù p the thr é ads (中断した後で )【活動 人生 関係などを 】取り戻す, 再開する «of » .res ù me the thr é ad (s )(話の )穂をつなぐ .thr è ad and thr ú m 何もかも .動詞 ～s /-dz /; ～ed /-ɪd /; ～ing 他動詞 1 〈人が 〉〈針 〉に糸を通す ▸ thread a needle 針に糸を通す 2 «…へ » …を突き通す «through , into , onto » ▸ thread a pipe [cable ] through a hole 穴にパイプ [ケーブル ]を通す 3 «…で » 〈ビーズなど 〉をつなぐ «on » ; …に糸を通す ; 糸を通してつなぐ (together ); 〈肉など 〉を 串 （くし ）刺しにする ▸ thread glass beads on a string ガラス玉をひもでつなぐ 4 【機械に 】〈フィルム テープなど 〉をセットする «onto » .5 …にねじ山を付ける ▸ a threaded hole ねじ溝のある穴 6 «…で » 〈物 〉に筋を付ける «with » .7 〈道 人混みなど 〉を縫うように進む ; 〖～ one's way 〗〈人 道などが 〉【群衆などを 】縫うように進む «through » .自動詞 1 «…を » 縫うように通る [進む ] «through » .2 〈シロップが 〉糸を引く .3 〈道 川などが 〉曲がりくねる, うねって続く .～́ m à rk 糸すき入れ 〘偽札防止のためにすき込んだ細い繊維 〙.
threadbare
thr é ad b à re 形容詞 1 〈布 じゅうたんなどが 〉すり切れた, 使い [着 ]古した .2 〈議論 考えなどが 〉陳腐な, 古臭い .3 〈人が 〉ぼろをまとった, みすぼらしい .
The Wordsmith Dictionary