Cases of word usage

1) the act of using a needle and thread (sewing)

2) a transport vehicle (especially an aircraft or spacecraft) that makes regular journeys to and from a place; (in a sewing-machine) a piece that carries the lower thread (shuttle)

3) a fine, soft thread from the cocoons of certain insects, used to make cloth (silk)

4) a length of silk or wool or thread coiled loosely into a bundle (skein)

5) one act of passing thread in and out of cloth etc to join or decorate; to sew (something) up (stitch)

6) (a length of) cotton, silk, wool etc, especially for use in sewing and weaving; something long and thin like a thread; a line of thought or action (connecting parts of a story etc); the spiral ridge round a screw or bolt; to pass a thread through the eye of (a needle) (thread)

7) thread (cotton or wool etc); a long story (yarn)