thread
IPA: θrˈɛd
noun
- A long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in sewing, weaving or in the construction of string.
- A continued theme or idea.
- (engineering) A screw thread.
- A sequence of connections.
- The line midway between the banks of a stream.
- (computing) A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
- (Internet) A series of messages, generally grouped by subject, in which all messages except the first are replies to previous messages in the thread.
- A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark.
- (figurative) Composition; quality; fineness.
verb
- (transitive) To put thread through.
- (transitive) To pass (through a narrow constriction or around a series of obstacles).
- To screw on; to fit the threads of a nut on a bolt.
- (transitive) To remove the hair using a thread.
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