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Getting something in the eye?
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threading
Word definitions for threading in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Protein threading , also known as fold recognition , is a method of protein modeling which is used to model those proteins which have the same fold as proteins of known structures, but do not have homologous proteins with known structure. It differs from ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The act or process by which something is threaded (in various senses). 2 An ancient eastern method for removing hair by means of a thread, which is rolled over the hair in order to pluck it out at the follicle level. vb. (present participle of thread ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Thread \Thread\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Threaded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Threading .] To pass a thread through the eye of; as, to thread a needle. To pass or pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect or make, as one's way, through or between obstacles; ...
Usage examples of threading.
Dainty said I had got so sharp, if you could have found a way of threading me with cotton, you could have sewn with me.
Both hands stayed engrossed with the straightforward task of threading a strap through a buckle.
Earl Jieret arose, a threading of gray shot through the bonfire russet of his clan braid.
The approach from the northeast required a winding ascent through a notch in the ranges, then threading a flume to reach the base of the mountain itself.
He felt its prongs pierce his inviolate core and invade, threading an inextricable geas of compulsion: for as long as he held to life and breath, he would seek to destroy his half brother.
I hurried down the staircase, past Stajeo and Tormos, who had fought side by side at last, past Oltukh, who asked in a startled voice where I went, and plunged into the crowd, threading my way through the throng.
The woman must be forty at least, yet she showed no more sign of age than a fine webbing of lines at the corners of her eyes, and threadings of silver in that ridiculous mass of hair.