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threaded

[ thred-id ]

adjective

  1. interwoven or ornamented with threads:

    silk threaded with gold.



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Other Words From

  • inter·threaded adjective
  • multi·threaded adjective
  • non·threaded adjective
  • un·threaded adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of threaded1

First recorded in 1535–45; thread + -ed 3

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Example Sentences

Thunder peals outside, and there is a flash that shows the wire threaded through the thick window glass above the bleachers.

“Umm…they maintain themselves,” she responded when asked whether or not they were threaded, plucked, or waxed.

I threaded my way through the silent throng of spectators, but was stopped at Fourth Street by a cordon of police.

Even nuns were forced to work, weaving acres of carpets and embroidering gold-threaded curtains.

He voted against that ban, but threaded the needle a bit by voting for the larger Clinton crime bill.

Out, he threaded his way recklessly through a welter of vehicles and picked up the tail as his man entered an office building.

He had a square, rigid-boned face, and deep-set dark grey eyes, and a good head of black hair threaded with silver.

The steamer threaded its way among the fleets of boats and shipping that lay off the town, and at length came to a stop at a pier.

The other end is bent slightly concave and soldered to a brass collar, B, which is threaded on the inside.

Enough additional threaded portion is left protruding to allow the supply pipe to be connected.

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