interthread

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To pass (strands of material) over and under one another to create a fabric

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

   • the interthreading of warp and weft
   • a woven maze of tiny glittering lines, exquisitely inter-threaded
   • under the interthreaded honeysuckle and greenbriar
2. 2

   To alter a fabric by weaving additional strands into it

   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
3. 3

   To be present in every part of (something) like strands running through it.

   • the black moor, interthreaded with briny waters
   • The traveler on this road stands a fair chance of missing his connecting links in the great railway chain which interthreads the continent east and west […]
   • The sensuous reality which interthreads and supports all the gropings of my imagination […]
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   1. 4

      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:
   2. 5

      To be or become woven or twisted together (with something)

      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
      • […] we know how [every neuron’s] dendrites and axons interthread with other nerve cells.
   3. 6

      To move alternately on either side of people or objects

      To move alternately on either side of people or objects; to weave in and out.

      • One, two, three, four step forth, and, to and fro, Delicately and imperceptibly, Now swaying gently in a row, Now interthreading slow and rhythmically,
      • 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 […]
   4. 7

      Between threads.

      • interthread communication

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