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Thread

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.

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Verb group 10

Draw 84% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Draw 84% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Guide 84% connected

The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Guide 84% connected

The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Pass 84% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Pass 84% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Wander 84% connected

To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fi…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Wander 84% connected

To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fi…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 17

Arrange 76% connected

To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cerebration 76% connected

Action of the brain, whether conscious or unconscious.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cord 76% connected

A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Draw 76% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Extract 76% connected

To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to extract a tooth from its socket,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Guide 76% connected

The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Intellection 76% connected

A mental act or process; especially: (a) The act of understanding; simple apprehension of ideas; intuition. Bentley. (b) A creation of the mind itsel…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Object 76% connected

To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pass 76% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pull 76% connected

To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Rib 76% connected

One of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Run 76% connected

of Run

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Thinking 76% connected

of Think

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Thought 76% connected

of Think

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 3

Bead 76% connected

A prayer.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Snake 76% connected

Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Wire 76% connected

A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance formed to an even thread by being passed between grooved rollers, or drawn through holes in a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 16

Blade 76% connected

Properly, the leaf, or flat part of the leaf, of any plant, especially of gramineous plants. The term is sometimes applied to the spire of grasses.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cotton 76% connected

A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant. Long-staple c…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Filling 76% connected

of Fill

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Floss 76% connected

The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called silk.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ligature 76% connected

The act of binding.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Metallic 76% connected

Of or pertaining to a metal; of the nature of metal; resembling metal; as, a metallic appearance; a metallic alloy.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Nap 76% connected

To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pick 76% connected

To throw; to pitch.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pile 76% connected

A hair; hence, the fiber of wool, cotton, and the like; also, the nap when thick or heavy, as of carpeting and velvet.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Purl 76% connected

To decorate with fringe or embroidery.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Suture 76% connected

The act of sewing; also, the line along which two things or parts are sewed together, or are united so as to form a seam, or that which resembles a s…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tinsel 76% connected

A shining material used for ornamental purposes; especially, a very thin, gauzelike cloth with much gold or silver woven into it; also, very thin met…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Warp 76% connected

To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Weft 76% connected

imp. & p. p. of Wave.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Woof 76% connected

The threads that cross the warp in a woven fabric; the weft; the filling; the thread usually carried by the shuttle in weaving.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Worsted 76% connected

of Worst

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Derivationally related 14

Draw 74% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Draw 74% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Strand 74% connected

One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Strand 74% connected

One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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String 74% connected

A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larg…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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String 74% connected

A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larg…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Stringer 74% connected

One who strings; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Stringer 74% connected

One who strings; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Threader 74% connected

A device for assisting in threading a needle.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Threader 74% connected

A device for assisting in threading a needle.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Thready 74% connected

Like thread or filaments; slender; as, the thready roots of a shrub.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Thready 74% connected

Like thread or filaments; slender; as, the thready roots of a shrub.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Wind 74% connected

To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twin…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Wind 74% connected

To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twin…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Containing whole 1

Screw 70% connected

A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to l…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 8

Draw 92% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Meander 92% connected

A winding, crooked, or involved course; as, the meanders of the veins and arteries.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ribbon 92% connected

A fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges, and other decorative purposes.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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String 92% connected

A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larg…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Wander 92% connected

To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fi…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Weave 92% connected

To unite, as threads of any kind, in such a manner as to form a texture; to entwine or interlace into a fabric; as, to weave wool, silk, etc.; hence,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Wind 92% connected

To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twin…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Yarn 92% connected

Spun wool; woolen thread; also, thread of other material, as of cotton, flax, hemp, or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving, knitting,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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