Meaning of "thread"

thread •

n.
• • 1. cotton, silk, flax, etc., spun out into a fine cord: sinulid
  • 2. the thread raveled out of a cloth: himulmol, himaymay, hibla
  • 3. the main thought which connects the parts of a story or speech: diwa
  • 4. the winding, sloping ridge of a screw: roskas

v.
• • 1. to pass a thread through: magtuhog, tuhugin
  • 2. to thread a needle: sulutan ng sinulid ang karayom
  • 3. to make ones way through, make ones way carefully, go in a winding course: magpalusut-lusot, lumusut-lusot, magpasikut-sikot, sumikut-sikot
  • 4. to form a thread on a screw: magroskas, roskasan, maglagay (lagyan) ng roskas

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lace

n.
• • 1. an open weaving or net of fine thread in an ornamental pattern: puntas, leys
  • 2. shoe lace: liston
  • 3. to trim with lace: magkabit (kabitan) ng puntas, magpuntas, puntasan

crochet

n.
• • the thing crocheted: gantsilyo

v.
• • to make needle work by looping thread with a hooked needle: maggantsilyo, gantsilyuhin

fiber

n.
• • thread, threadlike part: himaymay, hibla, hilatsa

string

n.
• • 1. a thick thread, small cord: pisi, tali, panali, leteng
  • 2. such a thread with things on it: kwintas
  • 3. a special cord for musical instruments: kuwerdas [kwerdas], bagting
  • 4. anything used for tying: tali, panali
  • 5. a number of things in a line or row: hilera, pila, linya, hanay

v.
• • 1. to put on a string: magtuhog, tuhugin
  • 2. to furnish with strings: magbagting, bagtingan
  • 3. to remove strings from: maghimay, himayin, magsungot, sungutan
  • 4. to tie with a string: magtali, itali, talian
  • 5. to provide a musical instrument with strings: magkuwerdas, kuwerdasan

cotton

n.
• • 1. cotton wool: bulak
  • 2. cotton thread: sinulid

linen

n.
• • cloth or thread made from flax: linen, de ilo

silk

n.
• • a fine soft thread spun by silk worms, the cloth made from such threads: seda, sutla

adj.
• • made of silk: yari sa seda (sutla)

sew

v.
• • 1. to work with a needle and thread, fasten with stiches: tumahi, manahi, tahiin, itahi
  • 2. to close with stitches: tumahi, tahiin

sewing

n.
• • 1. work done with a needle and thread: tahiin, tahi
  • 2. act of fastening with needle and thread: pagtahi, pananahi

twist

v.
• • 1. to turn or cause to turn or wind: umikot, magpaikot, paikutin, pumihit, pihitin
  • 2. to wind together, to wind: magpili, pumili, pilihin, magpilipit, pumilipit, pilipitin
  • 3. to bend: magbalikuko, bumalikuko, balikukuin, ibalikuko, magbaluktot, bumaluktot, baluktutin, ibaluktot
  • 4. to curve, to bend: magpaliku-liko, lumiku-liko, paliku-likuin
  • 5. to force or to become out of shape or shape: magtabingi, tumabingi, patabingiin, magkatabi-tabingi
  • 6. to distort the meaning of: bumaluktot, baluktutin, bumaligtad, baligtarin, mag-uwi (iuwi) sa ibang bagay, mag-iba ng kahulugan, ibahin ang kahulugan
  • 7. to twist the foot or ankle: matapilok

n.
• • 1. a twisting: pagbaluktot, pagpilipit, pagbalikuko
  • 2. a thread, cord, or rope made of two or more strands twisted together: pili
  • 3. a being twisted: pagkabaluktot, pagkabalikuko, pagkapilipit two num/adj. the number equal to one plus one: dos, dalawa

tuhog

v.
• • magtuhog, tuhugin; ituhog (mag-:-in, i-) to string together, to thread. Magtuhog kayo ng bulaklak. String flowers together. Tuhugin mo ang mga bulaklak. String the flowers together.

sinulid

n.
• • thread

roskas

Sp n.
• • screw thread

pisi

n.
• • string, thread

hilatsa

n.
• • thread unravelled from cloth