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Synonyms for threadlike

Grammar : Adj
Spell : thred
Phonetic Transcription : θrɛd

Définition of threadlike

Origin :
  • Old English þræd "fine cord, especially when twisted" (related to þrawan "to twist"), from Proto-Germanic *thrædus (cf. Middle Dutch draet, Dutch draad, Old High German drat, German Draht, Old Norse þraðr), from suffixed form of root *thræ- "twist" (see throw). Meaning "spiral ridge of a screw" is from 1670s. Threads, slang for "clothes" is 1926, American English.
  • adj like a thread
Example sentences :
  • It was an infinitely fine, threadlike projection from the surface of the planet.
  • Extract from : « Sand Doom » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
  • A filament is that which is threadlike; as, the filament of silk, or flax.
  • Extract from : « Orthography » by Elmer W. Cavins
  • Her high-arched, threadlike brows were ruffled into a delicious frown.
  • Extract from : « The Voice of the City » by O. Henry
  • A slow movement of the bony fingers and the threadlike, silvery thing was withdrawn.
  • Extract from : « When the Sleepers Woke » by Arthur Leo Zagat
  • There are nine stamens, with threadlike filaments, often hairy, and a three-parted style with round-top stigmas.
  • Extract from : « Field Book of Western Wild Flowers » by Margaret Armstrong
  • The anthers are large and green at first, becoming small and yellow, their threadlike filaments curling.
  • Extract from : « Field Book of Western Wild Flowers » by Margaret Armstrong
  • There is no partition in the pods, which are on long, threadlike stalks; the ovary is superior and the seeds are kidney-shaped.
  • Extract from : « Field Book of Western Wild Flowers » by Margaret Armstrong
  • The ovary makes a purplish dot in the center, surrounded by curling, yellow anthers, with threadlike filaments united at base.
  • Extract from : « Field Book of Western Wild Flowers » by Margaret Armstrong
  • He knows that to find the threadlike entrance to the bay you bring the flag-staff over Cart-wright's barn.
  • Extract from : « By The Sea » by Heman White Chaplin
  • A little later, we find among them one or two delicate pink, starry flowers on very slender, threadlike stems.
  • Extract from : « The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits » by Mary Elizabeth Parsons

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