thready

2 definitions found

thready - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Thready \Thread"y\, a.
     1. Like thread or filaments; slender; as, the thready roots
        of a shrub.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Containing, or consisting of, thread.
        [1913 Webster]

thready - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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