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Thread
θrɛd
- a long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibres used in sewing or weaving
"he had a loose thread on his shirt"
- cotton, nylon, or other fibres spun into long, thin strands and used for sewing
"she put her needle and thread away"
- a long, thin line or piece of something
"the Thames was a thread of silver below them"
- a theme or characteristic running throughout a situation or piece of writing
"a major thread running through the book is the primacy of form over substance"
train of thought drift direction sense theme subject matter motif tenor strain thrust subject gist burden action- (in online communication) a sequence of linked posts or messages
- a programming structure or process formed by linking a number of separate elements or subroutines, especially each of the tasks executed concurrently in multithreading
- a helical ridge on the outside of a screw, bolt, etc. or on the inside of a cylindrical hole, to allow two parts to be screwed together
- clothes
"his fine threads and fashionable specs"
- pass a thread through the eye of (a needle) or through the needle and guides of (a sewing machine)
"I can't even thread a needle"
- pass (a long, thin object or piece of material) through something and into the required position for use
"he threaded the rope through a pulley"
- put (something) on a thread, chain, etc. that passes through it, especially in such a way as to connect a number of things by passing a thread through each
"Connie sat threading beads"
- move carefully or skilfully in and out of obstacles
"she threaded her way through the tables"
- interweave or intersperse as if with threads
"his hair had become ill-kempt and threaded withgrey"
- pluck hairs from (the eyebrows or another part of the body) using a twisted cotton thread
"I had my eyebrows threaded today"
- cut a screw thread in or on (a hole, screw, bolt, etc.)
"we're laser-cutting holes to be threaded for screws"