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threads of life

threads of life is the plural of thread of life.

Meaning of thread of life

Noun

thread of life (plural threads of life)

  1. (Greek) A metaphor for a person’s lifespan, as generated by Clotho, measured out by Lachesis, and terminated by Atropos.
  2. (figuratively) DNA.
    • His book also tells of the intense competition between various research workers and groups during the years in which the secrets of "the spiral thread of life" were finally unravelled.1998, Kari Cantell, The Story of Interferon: The Ups and Downs in the Life of a Scientist, →ISBN, page vii
  3. (figuratively) The link of inheritance from past to present.
    • DOWN the unimaginable corridors of geologic time the thread of life has passed from generation to generation, ever varying but unbroken.1953 September 7, “The Endless Thread of Life”, in LIFE magazine, volume 35, number 10, page 56
  4. (figuratively) Destiny, fate.
    • Argo, their thred of life is ſpun.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Questions about threads of life

What is threads of life the plural of?
Threads of life is the plural of thread of life.

Words near threads of life in the dictionary

  1. threadmills
  2. Threadneedle Street
  3. threadpaper
  4. threadpapers
  5. threads
  6. threads of life
  7. threads of thought
  8. threads the needle
  9. threadsafe
  10. threadsnake
  11. threadsnakes

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