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Results for: "thread"

Translating from English to Breton

Translations:

thread — long, thin and flexible form of material
→ neud m
→ neudenn f
thread — a series of messages
→ chadenn gemennadennoù f
thread — a unit of execution
→ neudenn f
→ neudenn-erounit f

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


NOUN (4)

1. a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving;
[syn: thread, yarn]

2. any long object resembling a thin line;
- Example: "a mere ribbon of land"
- Example: "the lighted ribbon of traffic"
- Example: "from the air the road was a grey thread"
- Example: "a thread of smoke climbed upward"
[syn: ribbon, thread]

3. the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together;
- Example: "I couldn't follow his train of thought"
- Example: "he lost the thread of his argument"
[syn: train of thought, thread]

4. the raised helical rib going around a screw;
[syn: screw thread, thread]


VERB (5)

1. to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course;
- Example: "the river winds through the hills"
- Example: "the path meanders through the vineyards"
- Example: "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"
[syn: weave, wind, thread, meander, wander]

2. pass a thread through;
- Example: "thread a needle"

3. remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string;
- Example: "She had her eyebrows threaded"

4. pass through or into;
- Example: "thread tape"
- Example: "thread film"

5. thread on or as if on a string;
- Example: "string pearls on a string"
- Example: "the child drew glass beads on a string"
- Example: "thread dried cranberries"
[syn: string, thread, draw]