Sekirov Dictionary

interthread

verb 6
adjective 1
forms 3

verb6

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To pass (strands of material) over and under one another to create a fabric; (by analogy) to weave long, narrow objects together.
- a woven maze of tiny glittering lines, exquisitely inter-threaded — 1913
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To alter a fabric by weaving additional strands into it; to bring (two or more things) together like the strands in fabric; to bring (one thing) together (with another thing).
- silk fabrics interthreaded with gold and silver
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To integrate (strands of material into a fabric) by weaving.
- […] Christianity is slowly but steadily, and as surely, interthreading her bright woof-lines into the texture of national and political, as well as social life: — 1848
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To be or become woven or twisted together (with something); to be or become inextricably associated like strands woven or twisted together.
- an immense lake of ceaselessly interthreading grays and silvers — 1977
•
To be present in every part of (something) like strands running through it.
- the black moor, interthreaded with briny waters — 1876
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To move alternately on either side of people or objects; to weave in and out.
- We watched the little double-decked tram-cars gliding by, the opposing, interthreading streams of pedestrians, and a fleet of coal barges coming up the river […] — 1918

adjective1

Between threads.

forms

interthreaded · interthreading · interthreads

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