Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to thread
Participle: threaded
Gerund: threading
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | thread |
| you | thread |
| he;she;it | threads |
| we | thread |
| you | thread |
| they | thread |
Perfect
| I | have threaded |
| you | have threaded |
| he;she;it | has threaded |
| we | have threaded |
| you | have threaded |
| they | have threaded |
Past
| I | threaded |
| you | threaded |
| he;she;it | threaded |
| we | threaded |
| you | threaded |
| they | threaded |
Pluperfect
| I | had threaded |
| you | had threaded |
| he;she;it | had threaded |
| we | had threaded |
| you | had threaded |
| they | had threaded |
Future
| I | will thread |
| you | will thread |
| he;she;it | will thread |
| we | will thread |
| you | will thread |
| they | will thread |
Future Perfect
| I | will have threaded |
| you | will have threaded |
| he;she;it | will have threaded |
| we | will have threaded |
| you | will have threaded |
| they | will have threaded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | thread |
| you | thread |
| he;she;it | thread |
| we | thread |
| you | thread |
| they | thread |
Perfect
| I | have threaded |
| you | have threaded |
| he;she;it | have threaded |
| we | have threaded |
| you | have threaded |
| they | have threaded |
Imperfect
| I | threaded |
| you | threaded |
| he;she;it | threaded |
| we | threaded |
| you | threaded |
| they | threaded |
Pluperfect
| I | had threaded |
| you | had threaded |
| he;she;it | had threaded |
| we | had threaded |
| you | had threaded |
| they | had threaded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would thread |
| you | would thread |
| he;she;it | would thread |
| we | would thread |
| you | would thread |
| they | would thread |
Perfect
| I | would have threaded |
| you | would have threaded |
| he;she;it | would have threaded |
| we | would have threaded |
| you | would have threaded |
| they | would have threaded |
Imperative
| you | thread |
| we | Let's thread |
| you | thread |
Verbs conjugated like 'thread'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'thread'
threap,
threat,
tread,
adread,
aread,
arread,
beread,
bread,
dread,
head,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E. þræd "fine cord, especially when twisted" (related to þrawan "to twist"), from P.Gmc. *thrædus (cf. M.Du. draet, Du. draad, O.H.G. drat, Ger. Draht, O.N. þraðr), from suffixed form of base *thræ- "twist" (see throw). Meaning "spiral ridge of a screw" is from 1674. The verb meaning "to put thread through a needle" is recorded from c.1366; in ref. to film cameras from 1913. The dancing move called thread the needle is attested from 1844. Threads, slang for "clothes" is 1926, Amer.Eng. Threadbare is recorded from 1362, from the notion of "having the nap worn off," leaving bare the threads.
2. 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”).
3. Cognates
4. 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.
Sample Sentences
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Is it strange, then, that some tears fall on the pages of his Bible, as he lays it on the cotton-bale, and, with patient finger, threading his slow way from word to word, traces out its promises ? Having learned late in life, Tom was but a slow reader, and passed on laboriously from verse to verse. Fortunate for him was it that the [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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It is disconsolate enough, this riding, to the stranger, who, with well-filled pocket and well-appointed horse, threads the lonely way on some errand of business; but wilder, drearier, to the man enthralled, whom every weary step bears further from all that man loves and prays for.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Deeds of heroism are wrought here more than those of romance, when defying torture, and braving death itself, the fugitive voluntarily threads his way back to the terrors and perils of that dark land, that he may bring out his sister, or mother, or wife.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)