[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/thread/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [T](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/t/) / thread # thread noun (thread, threads); verb (thread, threads, threaded, threading) «thread» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Thread is a long, thin string of cotton, silk or nylon used for sewing. A spool or reel holds a lot of thread. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thread/#m1) 2. A thread is one line of ideas in a story or talk: «I lost the thread». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thread/#m2) 3. A thread online is a list of messages about one topic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thread/#m3) 4. To thread a needle is to push thread through its hole. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thread/#m4) 5. To thread beads is to put them on a string. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thread/#m5) 6. The thread of a screw is the spiral ridge around it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thread/#m6) ### In the lessons In school maths: a thing measured in length (metres, centimetres, inches) or counted in spools; pieces cut from a long thread (cuts = pieces − 1); thread per button. In everyday life and crafts: sewing on a button, threading beads, embroidery. In stories: the Greek hero Theseus used a thread to find his way out of the maze. Phrases: «a needle and thread», «thread a needle», «hang by a thread» (be in great danger), «lose the thread». ### Examples - A spool has 50 metres of thread. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thread/#x1) - She cuts the thread into 5 equal pieces. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thread/#x2) - Each button needs 20 cm of thread. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thread/#x3) - How much thread is left? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thread/#x4) - Grandma threaded the needle and sewed on my button. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thread/#x5) - We threaded beads onto a string. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thread/#x6) - Theseus followed a thread to escape the maze. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thread/#x7) - His life was hanging by a thread. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thread/#x8) - In Labakan’s box was found—a large needle with some thread! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thread/#x9) ### Note Uncountable for the material («some thread»), countable for pieces («a thread», «threads»). The «ea» says «e»: «thred». Maths: a length to share or cut: equal pieces often mean division; change metres to centimetres first (1 metre is 100 centimetres). Trap: cutting a thread into 5 pieces needs only 4 cuts. ## In Jewish tradition A scarlet thread marked Zerah's hand at birth, and a blue thread fastened the high priest's mitre plate. Samson broke ropes like a thread, and the Song of Songs says lips are like a thread of scarlet. **Interpretation.** Blue thread is also the one in the tzitzit fringes, which the tradition says reminds of the sky and of God's throne. ### Examples - And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand; and his name was called Zerah. (Torah GEN.38.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thread/#x1) - And they tied unto it a thread of blue, to fasten it upon the mitre above; as the LORD commanded Moses. (Torah EXO.39.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thread/#x2) - that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say: I have made Abram rich; (Torah GEN.14.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thread/#x3) - And he broke them from off his arms like a thread. (Prophets JDG.16.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thread/#x4) - Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy mouth is comely; thy temples are like a pomegranate split open behind thy veil. (Writings SNG.4.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thread/#x5) ### Note Uncountable for the material («some thread»), countable for pieces («a thread», «threads»). The «ea» says «e»: «thred». Maths: a length to share or cut: equal pieces often mean division; change metres to centimetres first (1 metre is 100 centimetres). Trap: cutting a thread into 5 pieces needs only 4 cuts. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «thread» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thread/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«thread» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/thread.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «thread» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thread/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«thread» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/thread.html) on Mova free.