to provide information about something or to make something easier to understand
to shed light on sth
a type of plant without leaves and without green colouring that gets its food from other living or decaying things
a fungus - fungi (plural)
a sign or some information that helps you to find the answer to a problem, question, or mystery
a clue
growing very quickly
burgeoning
with the threads at the edge coming loose
frayed
to be strong enough, or not be changed by something, or to oppose a person or thing successfully
to withstand
cloth made from thin threads twisted together
a fibre
to treat (a dead body) so as to protect from decay
to embalm
thread used for making cloth
a yarn
If you do something with rigour, you look at or consider every part of something to make sure it is correct or safe
rigour
to affect facts or information so that they are not accurate
to skew
to be or become completely involved in something, so that you do not notice anything else
to immerse
to change, or to make someone or something change
to alter
very dry and without enough rain for plants
arid
any of a genus (Galium) of herbs of the madder family having squarish stems, whorled leaves, and small flowers
a bedstraw
a type of caterpillar (= a form of young insect that is small, long, and has many legs) that produces threads of silk from which it makes a cocoon (= a covering for its body)
a silkworm
a thin piece of hair, thread, rope, etc
a strand
to collect information in small amounts and often with difficulty
to glean
likely to decay or go bad quickly
perishable
to make cloth on a machine by crossing threads under and over each other
to weave
an insect with large wings that often flies at night and is attracted to light
a moth