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–noun
1.a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, esp. when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
2.twisted filaments or fibers of any kind used for sewing.
3.one of the lengths of yarn forming the warp or weft of a woven fabric.
4.a filament or fiber of glass or other ductile substance.
5.Ropemaking.
a.any of a number of fibers twisted into a yarn.
b.a yarn, esp. as enumerated in describing small stuff.
6.something having the fineness or slenderness of a filament, as a thin continuous stream of liquid, a fine line of color, or a thin seam of ore: a thread of smoke.
7.the helical ridge of a screw.
8.that which runs through the whole course of something, connecting successive parts: I lost the thread of the story.
9.something conceived as being spun or continuously drawn out, as the course of life fabled to be spun, measured, and cut by the Fates.
10.Computers. a series of newsgroup messages dealing with the same subject.
11.threads, Slang. clothes.
–verb (used with object)
12.to pass the end of a thread through the eye of (a needle).
13.to fix (beads, pearls, etc.) upon a thread that is passed through; string.
14.to pass continuously through the whole course of (something); pervade: A joyous quality threaded the whole symphony.
15.to make one's way through (a narrow passage, forest, crowd, etc.).
16.to make (one's way) thus: He threaded his way through the crowd.
17.to form a thread on or in (a bolt, hole, etc.).
18.to place and arrange thread, yarn, etc., in position on (a sewing machine, loom, textile machine, etc.).
–verb (used without object)
19.to thread one's way, as through a passage or between obstacles: They threaded carefully along the narrow pass.
20.to move in a threadlike course; wind or twine.
21.Cookery. (of boiling syrup) to form a fine thread when poured from a spoon.

[Origin: bef. 900; (n.) ME threed, OE thrǣd; c. D draad, G Draht, ON thrathr wire; (v.) ME threeden, deriv. of the n. See throw]

threader, noun
threadless, adjective
threadlike, adjective
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thread    Audio Help   (thrěd)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. Fine cord of a fibrous material, such as cotton or flax, made of two or more filaments twisted together and used in needlework and the weaving of cloth.
    2. A piece of such cord.
    3. A thin strand, cord, or filament of natural or manufactured material.
    4. Something that suggests the fineness or thinness of such a strand, cord, or filament: a thread of smoke.
    5. Something that suggests the continuousness of such a strand, cord, or filament: lost the thread of his argument.
    6. A portion of a program that can run independently of and concurrently with other portions of the program.
    7. A set of posts on a newsgroup, composed of an initial post about a topic and all responses to it.
    1. A thin strand, cord, or filament of natural or manufactured material.
    2. Something that suggests the fineness or thinness of such a strand, cord, or filament: a thread of smoke.
    3. Something that suggests the continuousness of such a strand, cord, or filament: lost the thread of his argument.
    4. A portion of a program that can run independently of and concurrently with other portions of the program.
    5. A set of posts on a newsgroup, composed of an initial post about a topic and all responses to it.
  1. A helical or spiral ridge on a screw, nut, or bolt.
  2. Computer Science
    1. A portion of a program that can run independently of and concurrently with other portions of the program.
    2. A set of posts on a newsgroup, composed of an initial post about a topic and all responses to it.
  3. threads Slang Clothes.

v.   thread·ed, thread·ing, threads

v.   tr.
    1. To pass one end of a thread through the eye of (a needle, for example).
    2. To pass (something) through in the manner of a thread: thread the wire through the opening.
    3. To pass a tape or film into or through (a device): thread a film projector.
    4. To pass (a tape or film) into or through a device.
    5. To make one's way cautiously through: threading dark alleys.
    6. To make (one's way) cautiously through something.
  1. To connect by running a thread through; string: thread beads.
    1. To make one's way cautiously through: threading dark alleys.
    2. To make (one's way) cautiously through something.
  2. To occur here and there throughout; pervade: "More than 90 geologic faults thread the Los Angeles area" (Science News).
  3. To machine a thread on (a screw, nut, or bolt).

v.   intr.
  1. To make one's way cautiously: threaded through the shoals and sandbars.
  2. To proceed by a winding course.
  3. To form a thread when dropped from a spoon, as boiling sugar syrup.


[Middle English, from Old English thrǣd; see terə-1 in Indo-European roots.]

thread'er n.
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thread  (n.)
O.E. þræd "fine cord, especially when twisted" (related to þrawan "to twist"), from P.Gmc. *thrædus (cf. M.Du. draet, Du. draad, O.H.G. drat, Ger. Draht, O.N. þraðr), from suffixed form of base *thræ- "twist" (see throw). Meaning "spiral ridge of a screw" is from 1674. The verb meaning "to put thread through a needle" is recorded from c.1366; in ref. to film cameras from 1913. The dancing move called thread the needle is attested from 1844. Threads, slang for "clothes" is 1926, Amer.Eng. Threadbare is recorded from 1362, from the notion of "having the nap worn off," leaving bare the threads.

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thread

noun
1. a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving 
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 grey thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed upward" [syn: ribbon
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" [syn: train of thought
4. the raised helical rib going around a screw [syn: screw thread

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" [syn: weave
2. pass a thread through; "thread a needle" 
3. remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string; "She had her eyebrows threaded" 
4. pass through or into; "thread tape"; "thread film" 
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" [syn: string

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thread1 [θred] noun
a thin strand of cotton, wool, silk etc, especially when used for sewing
Example: a needle and some thread
Arabic: خَيْط
Chinese (Simplified): 线
Chinese (Traditional):
Czech: nit
Danish: tråd
Dutch: draad
Estonian: niit, lõng
Finnish: lanka
French: fil
German: der Faden
Greek: κλωστή, νήμα
Hungarian: fonal
Icelandic: þráður, tvinni
Indonesian: benang
Italian: filo
Japanese:
Korean:
Latvian: diegs; pavediens
Lithuanian: siūlas
Norwegian: tråd
Polish: nić
Portuguese (Brazil): linha, fio
Portuguese (Portugal): linha
Romanian: fir
Russian: нитка
Slovak: niť
Slovenian: nit
Spanish: hilo, hebra
Swedish: tråd
Turkish: iplik
thread2 [θred] noun
the spiral ridge around a screw
Example: This screw has a worn thread.
Arabic: سِن اللولَب
Chinese (Simplified): 螺纹
Chinese (Traditional): 螺紋
Czech: závit
Danish: gevind
Dutch: schroefdraad
Estonian: keere
Finnish: kierre
French: filetage
German: das Gewinde
Greek: η αυλακωτή επιφάνεια βίδας
Hungarian: csavarmenet
Icelandic: skrúfgangur
Indonesian: ulir
Italian: filettatura
Japanese: ねじ山
Korean: 나사산
Latvian: vītne
Lithuanian: sriegis
Norwegian: gjenge
Polish: gwint
Portuguese (Brazil): rosca
Portuguese (Portugal): rosca
Romanian: filet
Russian: резьба
Slovak: závit
Slovenian: navoj
Spanish: rosca
Swedish: gänga
Turkish: vida dişi, set
thread3 [θred] noun
the connection between the various events or details (in a story, account etc)
Example: I've lost the thread of what he's saying.
Arabic: خَيْط الحِكايَه، عُلاقَة الأشْياء
Chinese (Simplified): 头绪,思路,线索
Chinese (Traditional): 頭緒,思路,線索
Czech: nit, souvislost
Danish: tråd
Dutch: draad
Estonian: seos, ühendusniit
Finnish: pudota kärryiltä
French: fil
German: der Faden
Greek: νήμα, ειρμός
Hungarian: fonala vminek
Icelandic: samhengi, þráður
Indonesian: hubungan
Italian: filo
Japanese:
Korean: 줄거리
Latvian: sakars; (sarunas) pavediens
Lithuanian: mintis, seka
Norwegian: tråd
Polish: wątek
Portuguese (Brazil): fio
Portuguese (Portugal): fio
Romanian: fir
Russian: нить
Slovak: niť, súvislosť
Slovenian: nit
Spanish: hilo
Swedish: tråd
Turkish: akış, bağlantı
thread1 [θred] verb
to pass a thread through
Example: I cannot thread this needle; The child was threading beads.
Arabic: يُدْخِلُ الخَيْط في الإبرَه
Chinese (Simplified): 穿线
Chinese (Traditional): 穿線
Czech: navlékat
Danish: tråde; trække
Dutch: een draad halen door
Estonian: niiti taha ajama, lükkima
Finnish: pujottaa
French: enfiler
German: ein-,auffädeln
Greek: βελονιάζω
Hungarian: (be)fűz
Icelandic: þræða
Indonesian: memasukkan benang
Italian: infilare, infilarsi
Japanese: 糸を通す
Korean: …에 실을 꿰다
Latvian: ievērt (diegu); uzvērt (uz diega)
Lithuanian: (į)verti siūlą į, verti ant siūlo
Norwegian: træ
Polish: nawlec, nanizać
Portuguese (Brazil): enfiar
Portuguese (Portugal): enfiar
Romanian: a băga aţă în ac; a înşira
Russian: продевать нитку (в иголку); нанизывать
Slovak: navliekať
Slovenian: vdeti nit
Spanish: (hilo) enhebrar; (cuentas) ensartar
Swedish: trä
Turkish: iplik geçirmek
thread2 [θred] verb
to make (one's way) through
Example: She threaded her way through the crowd.
Arabic: يَشُقُّ طَريقَه خلال الجُمْهور
Chinese (Simplified): 穿过
Chinese (Traditional): 穿過
Czech: proplétat se
Danish: manøvrere
Dutch: zich een weg banen
Estonian: endale teed tegema
Finnish: raivata tiensä
French: se faufiler
German: sich winden durch
Greek: περνώ, διασχίζω
Hungarian: átfurakszik
Icelandic: þræða sig áfram
Indonesian: menyeruak
Italian: infilarsi, intrufolarsi
Japanese: 縫うように進む
Korean: (…을) 누비듯이 지나가다
Latvian: spraukties; lauzties
Lithuanian: skintis (kelią)
Norwegian: åle seg gjennom, sno seg gjennom
Polish: przedostać się
Portuguese (Brazil): abrir caminho
Portuguese (Portugal): ziguezaguear
Romanian: a se strecura
Russian: пробираться
Slovak: predrať sa
Slovenian: preriniti se
Spanish: abrirse (camino)
Swedish: bana
Turkish: kendine yol açıp ilerlemek
See also: threadbare

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

n. [Usenet, GEnie, CompuServe] Common abbreviation of `topic thread', a more or less continuous chain of postings on a single topic. To `follow a thread' is to read a series of Usenet postings sharing a common subject or (more correctly) which are connected by Reference headers. The better newsreaders can present news in thread order automatically. Not to be confused with the techspeak sense of `thread', e.g. a lightweight process.

Interestingly, this is far from a neologism. The OED says: "That which connects the successive points in anything, esp. a narrative, train of thought, or the like; the sequence of events or ideas continuing throughout the whole course of anything;" Citations are given going back to 1642!

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Thread

Thread\ (thr[e^]d), n. [OE. threed, [thorn]red, AS. [thorn]r[=ae]d; akin to D. draad, G. draht wire, thread, OHG. dr[=a]t, Icel. [thorn]r[=a][eth]r a thread, Sw. tr[*a]d, Dan. traad, and AS. [thorn]r[=a]wan to twist. See Throw, and cf. Third.]

1. 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.

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

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

4. Fig.: Something continued in a long course or tenor; a,s the thread of life, or of a discourse. --Bp. Burnet.

5. Fig.: Composition; quality; fineness. [Obs.]

A neat courtier, Of a most elegant thread. --B. Jonson.

Air thread, the fine white filaments which are seen floating in the air in summer, the production of spiders; gossamer.

Thread and thrum, the good and bad together. [Obs.] --Shak.

Thread cell (Zo["o]l.), a lasso cell. See under Lasso.

Thread herring (Zo["o]l.), the gizzard shad. See under Gizzard.

Thread lace, lace made of linen thread.

Thread needle, a game in which children stand in a row, joining hands, and in which the outer one, still holding his neighbor, runs between the others; -- called also thread the needle.

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Thread

Thread\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Threaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Threading.]

1. To pass a thread through the eye of; as, to thread a needle.

2. To pass or pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect or make, as one's way, through or between obstacles; to thrid.

Heavy trading ships . . . threading the Bosphorus. --Mitford.

They would not thread the gates. --Shak.

3. To form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in; as, to thread a screw or nut.

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