thread
To pass a thread through the eye of a needleTo pass a thread through the eye of a needle.
» Let me thread the needle for you.
Позвольте, я вдену вам нитку в иголку.
Дай-но я допоможу тобі вставити голку в нитку.
Meaning
11 senses(transitive)To pass a thread through the eye of a needle.
einfädeln
pass a thread through
(transitive)To fix (beads, pearls, etc.) upon a thread that is passed through; to string.
thread on or as if on a string
(figuratively, transitive)To make one's way through or between (a constriction or obstacles).
to thread through narrow passages
I think I can thread my way through here, but it’s going to be tight.
passieren, durchkommen, durchfädeln
To make one's way through or between (a constriction or obstacles).
(figuratively, transitive)To cautiously make (one's way) through a precarious place or situation.
He threaded his way through legal entanglements.
(figuratively, transitive)To pass through; to pierce through; to penetrate.
pass through or into
(transitive)To interweave as if with thread; to intersperse.
(transitive)To form a screw thread on or in (a bolt, hole, etc.).
Coordinate term: tap
to thread a bolt
aufschrauben, gewindeschneiden
(ambitransitive)To remove (facial hair) by way of a looped thread that is tightly wound in the middle.
to thread your eyebrows and trim them
remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string
(ambitransitive)To feed (a sewing machine or otherwise a projecting or exposing mechanism, such as a projector, a camera, etc.) with film.
(transitive)To pass (a film or tape) through a projector, recorder, etc. so as to correct its path.
(intransitive)Of boiling syrup: To form a threadlike stream when poured from a spoon.
Examples
121 sentencesLet me thread the needle for you.
Дай-но я допоможу тобі вставити голку в нитку. — deniko
ruПозвольте, я вдену вам нитку в иголку. — odexed
Which is better, red thread or white thread?
Which would be better, red thread or white thread?
This thread isn't good.
Please thread this needle for me.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English thred, þred, threed, from Old English þrǣd, from Proto-Germanic *þrēduFrom Middle English thred, þred, threed, from Old English þrǣd, from Proto-Germanic *þrēduz, from Proto-Indo-European *treh₁-tu-s, from *terh₁- (“rub, twist”).
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Forms
threads, threading, threaded, threadedSynonyms
6 synonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle