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Meanings of threading in English

Russian
тред
Portuguese
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тред
Usage of threading in English
1
Rings require threading, a common source of fatal accidents when done wrong.
Rock and Ice Magazine
2
We're threading along narrow forest roads that criss-cross between France and Germany.
The Irish Times
3
Birch-lined avenues, smoothly-asphalted country roads threading their way through lush green fields.
The Irish Times
4
Thin flat lines of polished silver: rivers threading along the valley floors.
Son of a witch: volume two in the wicked years
5
Then we spent the day threading the mazes of that swampy forest.
Andivius Hedulio: Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of ...
6
The leader started up while the belayer was still threading his rig.
Climbing Magazine
7
They were threading through the mob toward a table against the wall.
Dayworld Rebel
8
And, threading gently through it all, a lute played in the background.
The Name of the Wind
9
Studs were made by threading both ends of a proper length rod.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
10
The cap had been put back on crookedly and twisted, cross-threading it.
The bricklayer
11
They drove east, threading the same road they had driven hours earlier.
Reuters
12
All this year's work, then, has been the threading of the labyrinth.
The Bride of the Mistletoe
13
As she talked the Girl's fingers were idly threading the Harvester's hair.
The Harvester
14
Now the old woman was threading the needle with the red thread.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
15
She twisted, threading her fingers through his hair and drawing him close.
Celtic fire
16
You did enter for the needle-threading race, didn't you, with Lord Arthur?
The Pool in the Desert
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Translations for threading
Threading through the time
Threading across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common