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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
The act or process by which something is threaded (in various senses).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
An ancient Eastern method for removing hair by means of a thread, which is rolled over the hair in order to pluck it out at the follicle level; especially used in the context of eyebrows.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A screw thread.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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verb
present participle and gerund of thread
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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History
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Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
