What part of speech is threading?

Threading can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. threading is a verb, gerund of thread (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does threading mean?

Definitions

Verb

thread - pass a thread through; "thread a needle"
thread - pass through or into; "thread tape"; "thread film"
thread - remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string; "She had her eyebrows threaded"
thread - thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"
thread - to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"

Noun

threading - 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.

Examples of threading

#   Sentence  
1. verb Threading a needle isn't easy.
2. verb Thread a needle.
3. verb Thread tape.
4. verb Thread film.
5. verb Thread dried cranberries.
6. noun From the air the road was a grey thread.
7. noun A thread of smoke climbed upward.
8. noun He lost the thread of his argument.
Sentence  
verb
Threading a needle isn't easy.
Thread a needle.
Thread tape.
Thread film.
Thread dried cranberries.
noun
From the air the road was a grey thread.
A thread of smoke climbed upward.
He lost the thread of his argument.

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