Interthread

Pronunciation varies by accent · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To pass (strands of material) over and under one another to create a fabric; (by analogy) to weave long, narrow objects together..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To pass (strands of material) over and under one another to create a fabric; (by analogy) to weave long, narrow objects together.
2. (transitive) 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).
3. (transitive) To be present in every part of (something) like strands running through it.
4. (transitive) To integrate (strands of material into a fabric) by weaving.
5. (intransitive) To be or become woven or twisted together (with something); to be or become inextricably associated like strands woven or twisted together.
6. (intransitive) To move alternately on either side of people or objects; to weave in and out.
7. (computing) Between threads.

Example Sentences

the interthreading of warp and weft

a woven maze of tiny glittering lines, exquisitely inter-threaded

under the interthreaded honeysuckle and greenbriar

Cooper interthreaded his fingers and flexed his hands palm to palm.

silk fabrics interthreaded with gold and silver

1922, Grant Showerman, Horace and His Influence, London: Harrap, Introduction, p. xiii, The myriad and mysterious interthreading of motive and action, of cause and effect, presents to the near vision no semblance of a pattern, and the whole web is so confused and meaningless that the mind grows to doubt the presence of design, and becomes skeptical of the necessity, or even the importance, of any single strand.

Why wasn’t it a fine thing to be ready with your money? Why wasn’t it good to share your food an’ drink? She had never had the courage to ask Robert to explain, and now as she thought of Mrs. Morphy’s generosity, interthreaded with her thought was a remembrance of this saying of Robert’s.

I clearly remember the evenings I went to gather a friend from choir practice. I could hear the music from streets away—interthreaded voices cast into the immense night,

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• interthreads
• interthreading
• interthreaded
• inter-thread

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