Also means
to pull out, to unthread
Usage Note
Sfilare most often describes a procession or fashion-show runway walk: la sfilata is the noun form and refers specifically to a fashion show or parade. As a second sense it means to thread something back out — the opposite of infilare (to thread in). Uses avere as auxiliary.
Examples
"Le modelle sfilano sulla passerella."
Natural Translation
The models walk the runway.

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