thread

n. string, thin cord; spiral groove on a screw or bolt; chain of messages on a particular subject on the Internet (Computers); execution procedure which is part of an application (Computers)

v. put a thread through a needle; pass something through an opening; move through slowly and cautiously; cut a spiral groove (on a bolt or screw)

Thread may refer to:A kind of thin yarn, thin fibers spun together, for textiles and sewingScrew thread, which turns rotation into linear movement, by a ridge running in a spiral down the length of a cylinderThreaded discussion, a group of messages or postings to a newsgroup, mailing list or Internet forum on a single topicThread (computer science), a sequence of instructions which may execute in parallel with other threadsThreads, a 1984 BBC docudrama concerning the after-effects of a nuclear attack on SheffieldThread (Pern), a destructive mindless alien spore in the Dragonriders of Pern series of science fiction novelsThreads (Stargate SG-1), a Season 8 Stargate SG-1 episodeThread (unit of measurement), a cotton yarn measure, equal to 54 inchesThread (album), a 1999 album by WideawakeThread (band), a 1990's grunge band from SeattleThread is a sugar stage in candy cookery.Thread (business technology), a connection invoked by either the buyer or the seller in order to publicly record the quality of a business transaction.
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Noun
1. a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
(synonym) yarn
(hypernym) cord
(hyponym) cotton
(derivation) string, draw
2. any long object resembling a thin line; "a mere ribbon of land"; "the lighted ribbon of traffic"; "from the air the road was a gray thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed upward"
(synonym) ribbon
(hypernym) object, physical object
(hyponym) blade
(derivation) weave, wind, meander, wander
3. 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"
(synonym) train of thought
(hypernym) thinking, thought, cerebration, intellection, mentation
4. the raised helical rib going around a screw
(synonym) screw thread
(hypernym) rib
(part-holonym) screw
Verb
1. to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"
(synonym) weave, wind, meander, wander
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(hyponym) snake
(verb-group) wander
(derivation) ribbon
2. pass a thread through; "thread a needle"
(hypernym) guide, run, draw, pass
(derivation) yarn
3. remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string; "She had her eyebrows threaded"
(hypernym) extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out
4. pass through or into; "thread tape"; "thread film"
(hypernym) guide, run, draw, pass
5. thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"
(synonym) string, draw
(hypernym) arrange, set up
(hyponym) bead
(verb-group) guide, run, draw, pass
(derivation) yarn

(v. t.)
To pass or pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect or make, as one's way, through or between obstacles; to thrid.
  

(v. t.)
To pass a thread through the eye of; as, to thread a needle.
  

(v. t.)
To form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in; as, to thread a screw or nut.
  

(n.)
The prominent part of the spiral of a screw or nut; the rib. See Screw, n., 1.
  

(n.)
Fig.: Something continued in a long course or tenor; a,s the thread of life, or of a discourse.
  

(n.)
Fig.: Composition; quality; fineness.
  

(n.)
A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or more single yarns doubled, or joined together, and twisted.
  

(n.)
A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark; also, a line of gold or silver.
  

1. See multithreading.
2. See threaded code.
3. topic thread.
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