n. 25B6; noun
a needle and thread : COTTON, yarn, filament, fibre.
(poetic/literary) the Thames was a thread of silver below them : STREAK, strand, stripe, line, strip, seam, vein.
she lost the thread of the conversation : TRAIN OF THOUGHT, drift, direction, theme, motif, tenor; storyline, plot.
25B6; verb
he threaded the rope through a pulley : PASS, string, work, ease, push, poke.
she threaded her way through the tables : WEAVE ONE'S WAY, inch one's way, wind one's way, squeeze one's way, make one's way.