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  • 1thread-worn — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective 1. : threadbare 2. : worn in the thread a thread worn screw …

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  • 2worn — adj 1. worn out, time worn, decrepit; deteriorated, decadent, decayed; fallen apart, broken up, disintegrated, decomposed; dilapidated, broken down, gone to wrack and ruin; in disrepair, unimproved, sleazy, Sl. grungy, Sl. beat up, Inf. shot, run …

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  • 3worn — a. Impaired (by use), wasted, abraded, consumed, decayed, threadbare, worn out, used up, worn to a thread, worse for wear …

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  • 4thread´bare´ness — thread|bare «THREHD BAIR», adjective. 1. having the nap worn off; worn so much that the threads show: »a threadbare coat. Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail (Oliver Wendell Holmes). 2. wearing clothes worn to the threads;… …

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  • 5thread|bare — «THREHD BAIR», adjective. 1. having the nap worn off; worn so much that the threads show: »a threadbare coat. Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail (Oliver Wendell Holmes). 2. wearing clothes worn to the threads; shabby; seedy …

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  • 6thread — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. filament, fiber, hair; string; yarn; linen, cotton, silk, lisle, nylon, etc.; course, drift, train (of thought). See continuity, narrowness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. cotton, yarn, wool, lisle, filament …

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  • 7sacred thread —    The sacred thread is a cord worn by upper caste Hindu males over the right shoulder, running across the chest and around the left side of the body. It consists of three strands before mar riage and six or more thereafter. This thread can be… …

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  • 8Guru Nanak and the Sacred Thread — is a sacred story of Sikhism.Hinduism is the total vedic, tantric, yogic and bhakti approach of Indian saints towards a final goal of immortality. Hinduism has two main concepts:1. Nirguna brahman2. Saguna brahman Nirguna brahman has very… …

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  • 9Screw thread — Screw Screw (skr[udd]), n. [OE. scrue, OF. escroue, escroe, female screw, F. [ e]crou, L. scrobis a ditch, trench, in LL., the hole made by swine in rooting; cf. D. schroef a screw, G. schraube, Icel. skr[=u]fa.] 1. A cylinder, or a cylindrical… …

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  • 10sacred thread — noun or sacred cord : a cotton thread with which a Hindu youth of the three twice born castes and some Sudras is invested at the ceremony of initiation (as at the age of from eight to twelve) and which is worn constantly thereafter from the left… …

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