threadbare
11threadbare — [[t]θre̱dbeə(r)[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Threadbare clothes, carpets, and other pieces of cloth look old, dull, and very thin, because they have been worn or used too much. She sat cross legged on a square of threadbare carpet. Syn: worn 2) ADJ GRADED… …
12threadbare — UK [ˈθredˌbeə(r)] / US [ˈθredˌber] adjective 1) a) threadbare clothing, carpet, or cloth is very thin and almost has holes in it because it has been worn or used a lot b) wearing or containing threadbare things the threadbare family apartment 2)… …
13threadbare — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ wear sth ▪ The carpets were worn threadbare. ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very …
14threadbare — thread|bare [ˈθredbeə US ber] adj 1.) clothes, ↑carpets etc that are threadbare are very thin and in bad condition because they have been used a lot ▪ a threadbare old sofa 2.) threadbare excuse/argument/joke etc an excuse etc that is no longer… …
15threadbare — adjective 1 clothes, carpets etc that are threadbare are very thin and in bad condition because they have been used a lot: a threadbare old sofa 2 threadbare excuse/argument/joke etc an excuse etc that is no longer effective because it has been… …
16threadbare — thread•bare [[t]ˈθrɛdˌbɛər[/t]] adj. 1) having the nap worn off so as to lay bare the threads of the weave, as a fabric or garment 2) wearing threadbare clothes; shabby or poor 3) hackneyed; trite; ineffectively stale: threadbare arguments[/ex]… …
17threadbare — /ˈθrɛdbɛə / (say thredbair) adjective 1. having the nap worn off so as to lay bare the threads of the warp and woof, as a fabric, garment, etc. 2. meagre, scanty, or poor. 3. hackneyed or trite: threadbare arguments. 4. wearing threadbare… …
18threadbare — adjective a) shabby, frayed and worn to an extent that warp threads show b) wearing clothes of threadbare material …
19threadbare — adjective a threadbare carpet Syn: worn, well worn, old, thin, worn out, holey, moth eaten, mangy, ragged, frayed, tattered, battered; decrepit, shabby, scruffy, unkempt; having seen better days, falling apart at the seams …
20threadbare — [ˈθredˌbeə] adj very thin because of being worn or used a lot a threadbare carpet/shirt[/ex] …
