English words starting with thr - page 1

Meanings of Threading:

noun

A method of hair removal in which unwanted hairs are plucked out by using a twisted cotton thread.

Usage examples:

Another plus of threading is that it can be done on very short hairs.

verb

Pass a thread through the eye of (a needle) or through the needle and guides of (a sewing machine).

Usage examples:

I can't even thread a needle

Meanings of Threads:

noun

A long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibres used in sewing or weaving.

Usage examples:

He had a loose thread on his shirt

verb

Pass a thread through the eye of (a needle) or through the needle and guides of (a sewing machine).

Usage examples:

I can't even thread a needle

phrase

Clothes

Usage examples:

I love walking down the street and seeing someone in my threads., i've always liked my threads., ni…

Meanings of Threadworm:

noun

A very slender parasitic nematode worm, especially a pinworm.

Usage examples:

One of their main parasites is a gut nematode, the caecal threadworm t. tenuis, which has a direct …

Meanings of Thready:

adjective

Relating to or resembling a thread.

Usage examples:

Her hair was blonde and thready, and wrinkles covered a face that might have been pretty one day, a…

Meanings of Threap:

verb

Argue or protest obstinately.

Meanings of Threaped:

verb

Argue or protest obstinately.

Meanings of Threaping:

verb

Argue or protest obstinately.

Meanings of Threaps:

verb

Argue or protest obstinately.

Meanings of Threat:

noun

A statement of an intention to inflict pain, injury, damage, or other hostile action on someone in retribution for something done or not done.

Usage examples:

Members of her family have received death threats

Meanings of Threaten:

verb

State one's intention to take hostile action against (someone) in retribution for something done or not done.

Usage examples:

How dare you threaten me?

Meanings of Threatened:

verb

State one's intention to take hostile action against (someone) in retribution for something done or not done.

Usage examples:

How dare you threaten me?

adjective

In danger, or likely to stop existing

Usage examples:

The congo rainforest is one of the world's most threatened ecosystems., the panda is the best known…

Meanings of Threatening:

adjective

Having a hostile or deliberately frightening quality or manner.

Usage examples:

Her mother had received a threatening letter

verb

State one's intention to take hostile action against (someone) in retribution for something done or not done.

Usage examples:

How dare you threaten me?

Meanings of Threateningly:

adverb

In a way that expresses a threat of something unpleasant or violent

Usage examples:

The enemy plane came threateningly close., three men stood threateningly over them.

Meanings of Threatens:

verb

State one's intention to take hostile action against (someone) in retribution for something done or not done.

Usage examples:

How dare you threaten me?

Meanings of Threats:

noun

A statement of an intention to inflict pain, injury, damage, or other hostile action on someone in retribution for something done or not done.

Usage examples:

Members of her family have received death threats

Meanings of Three:

cardinal number

Equivalent to the sum of one and two; one more than two; 3.

Usage examples:

Her three children

Meanings of Three sheets to the wind:

phrase

Drunk.

Usage examples:

I wish i could recall more, but at that point i was three sheets to the wind

Meanings of Three-way:

adjective

Involving three people, groups, systems, directions, etc.

Usage examples:

A three-way battle/bidding war/contest they are in a three-way battle to buy a stake in the footbal…

Meanings of Threefold:

adjective

Three times as great or as numerous.

Usage examples:

A threefold increase in the number of stolen cars

adverb

By three times; to three times the number or amount.

Usage examples:

The aftershocks intensify threefold each time

Meanings of Threepence:

noun

The sum of three pence, especially before decimalization (1971).

Usage examples:

For the privilege of a few turns on his invention, bob charged everyone outside the family threepen…

Meanings of Threepences:

noun

The sum of three pence, especially before decimalization (1971).

Usage examples:

For the privilege of a few turns on his invention, bob charged everyone outside the family threepen…

Meanings of Threepenny:

adjective

Costing or worth three pence, especially before decimalization (1971).

Usage examples:

I vividly remember the threepenny lucky dips (a barrel filled with straw and some wrapped treasures…

Meanings of Threes:

cardinal number

Equivalent to the sum of one and two; one more than two; 3.

Usage examples:

Her three children

Meanings of Threescore:

cardinal number

Sixty.

Usage examples:

Threescore years and ten

Meanings of Threesome:

noun

A group of three people engaged in the same activity.

Usage examples:

We planned excursions as a threesome