1. the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together; - Example: "I couldn't follow his train of thought" - Example: "he lost the thread of his argument" [syn: train of thought, thread]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
train of thought
n 1: the connections that link the various parts of an event or
argument together; "I couldn't follow his train of
thought"; "he lost the thread of his argument" [syn: train
of thought, thread]