Thready

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thready \Thread"y\, a.
     1. Like thread or filaments; slender; as, the thready roots
        of a shrub.
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     2. Containing, or consisting of, thread.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  thready
       adj 1: forming viscous or glutinous threads [syn: {ropy}, {ropey},
              {stringy}]
       2: thin in diameter; resembling a thread [syn: {filamentous}, {filiform},
           {filamentlike}, {threadlike}]
       [also: {threadiest}, {threadier}]