silken thread

collocation in English

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silken
adjective[usually before noun]
uk
/ˈsɪl.kən/us
/ˈsɪl.kən/
literary
soft, smooth, and shiny ...
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thread
noun
uk
/θred/us
/θred/
(a length of) a very ...
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(Definition ofsilkenandthreadfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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But there is also required thesilkenthreadof mutual trade.
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No onesilkenthreadheld him down but a thousand made him immobile.
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This legislation, far from being asilkenthread, is a restrictive noose.
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Eventually, thesilkenthreadwill adhere to an object where the young spider will establish its own web.
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The globule is hung from asilkenthreaddangled by the spider from its front legs.
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The male spins asilkenthreadbetween the substrate and a vertical object.
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It is suspended hammock-like within the mine, by a singlesilkenthreadat the anterior end and by two diverging threads at the posterior end.
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Other people have taken the metaphor farther by comparing the act of baling out with that of the caterpillar letting itself down to earth by asilkenthread.
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It is generally found in a cocoon made up of various debris cemented together by means of silken threads.
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The texture of the cocoon is thick, consisting of whitish silken threads and translucent; the surface has a matt appearance and there are very few loose threads.
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The mine in this stage is completely changed in colour to pale brown, and slightly contorted on the upper epidermis with silken threads.
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Upon maturity the larvae exit the fruit and drop to the ground on silken threads.
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When completed, the upper epidermis on the blotch-part is strongly contracted with silken threads to form an upward-folded leaflet.
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The loosened upper epidermis of the mine is slightly contracted by silken threads, but no distinct wrinkles are visible.
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It builds a silken tube in a crevice, often on the wall of a building, with silken threads radiating from the entrance.
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The larvae spin silken threads and hang from them, waiting for the wind to blow.
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The pupa is suspended in a few silken threads.
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It is boat-shaped, whitish, partly stained by grains of frass and covered by five to seven bars of silken threads, without bubbles or globules.
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They are protected by a web of silken threads.
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Young larvae live in folded-over edges of young leaves of their host plant, attaching the edges of the leaf to the midrib with fine silken threads.
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