Line and Thread

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Line noun - A series of persons or things arranged one behind another.

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Thread is a synonym for line in cord topic. In some cases you can use "Thread" instead a noun "Line", when it comes to topics like row, string.

Nearby Words: lined, linear, lineup, lineage, lineal

Thread noun - A thin, flexible structure that resembles a hair.

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Line is a synonym for thread in streak topic. You can use "Line" instead a noun "Thread", if it concerns topics such as yarn.

Nearby Words: threaded, thready, threader, threading

old	old line	old thread
good	good line	good thread
full	full line	full thread
long	long line	long thread
Other adjectives: particular, common, certain, current, original, actual, entire, infamous, main, memorable, white, thin, major, final, official, next, last, different, previous.

But Alex calls him out on it:Netusil: (After momentarily losing the thread of his line of questioning) Where was I?

Source: Film / Bad Timing
In Sleuth the line between game and real life thread becomes blurred more than once.

Source: And You Thought It Was a Game
Talking Is a Free Action Talking to the Dead: In the sixth thread, Tophat returned to Earth from the third thread, and went to visit the graves of the various characters who died there, and in the second thread, and said a line in front of each of them.

Source: Roleplay / We Are Our Avatars Escapist

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