How do you use the word "thread" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "thread": This thread tangles easily. My grandma stooped down and picked up a needle and thread.

Thread

/θɹɛd/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA cord formed by spinning or twisting together textile fibers or filaments into one or more continuous strands, typically used in needlework.

nounA piece of yarn, especially said of warps and wefts in a woven fabric.

Sentence Examples

This thread tangles easily.

My grandma stooped down and picked up a needle and thread.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

wind ribbon yarn

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The tailor used a very thin ____ to stitch the delicate fabric carefully.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

She used a very thin needle and some colorful ____ to repair the small hole in the corner of her favorite shirt today.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English thred, þred, threed, from Old English þrǣd, from Proto-Germanic *þrēduz, from Proto-Indo-European *treh₁-tu-s, from *terh₁- (“rub, twist”). Cognates Cognate with Yola dreade (“thread”), Saterland Frisian Träid (“thread, wire”), Cimbrian draat (“string, thread”), Dutch draad (“thread, wire”), German Draht (“thread, wire”), Luxembourgish Drot (“wire”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish tråd (“thread, wire”), Faroese tráður (“thread”), Icelandic þráður (“thread”). Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian dredh (“twist, turn”). More at throw.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Woolen threads were an occult means, according to the Roman poet Horace, of depriving a person of virility." — 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 234:

"He walked. To the corner of Hamilton Place and Picadilly, and there stayed for a while, for it is a romantic station by night. The vague and careless rain looked like threads of gossamer silver passing across the light of the arc-lamps." — 1922, Michael Arlen, “Ep./1/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:

"I was pondering these things, when an incident, and a somewhat unexpected one, broke the thread of my musings." — 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter XVIII:

"‘Let him go on. Do not interrupt him. He cannot go back, and maybe could not proceed at all if once he lost the thread of his thought.’" — 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Chapter 21:

"A neat courtier, / Of a most elegant thread." — 1632 (first performance), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “The Magnetick Lady: Or, Humors Reconcil’d. A Comedy […]”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio), London: […] Richard Meighen, published 1640, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

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