Past tense of thread

regular verb

The past tense of thread is threaded. The past participle is also threaded.

Forms of thread

Picking the ball up in his own half, Januzaj threaded a 40-yard pass into the path of Rooney to slice Southampton open in the blink of an eye.2013 October 19, Ben Smith, “Manchester United 1-1 Southampton”, in BBC Sport
He threaded his way through legal entanglements.
The point guard threaded a pass with pinpoint precision to the power forward for an easy dunk.From the entry dunk
The seamstress threaded the needle to sew on a button.From the entry needle
In this picture he is performing his famous Yogi trick of swallowing a package of needles and some thread and extracting the needles threaded.From the entry yogi

noun A cord formed by spinning or twisting together textile fibers or filaments into one or more continuous strands, typically used in needlework.
noun A piece of yarn, especially said of warps and wefts in a woven fabric.
noun Any of various natural (as spiderweb, etc.) or manufactured filaments (as glass, plastic, metal, etc.).

What is the past tense of thread?: The past tense of thread is threaded.
What is the past participle of thread?: The past participle of thread is threaded.
Is thread a regular or irregular verb?: Thread is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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