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English

Etymology

threed, þred, from þrǽd, ðræd|ðrǽd, from common Germanic *thrēdu, from *treH₁-tu-, from *terH₁- “rub, twist”. Near cognates include German Draht and Icelandic þráður.

Pronunciation


Noun

  1. A long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in sewing, weave|weaving or in the construction of string.
  2. A theme or idea.
  3. : All of these essays have a common thread.
  4. : I’ve lost the thread of what you’re saying.
  5. A series of messages, generally grouped by subject, all but the first replies to previous messages in the thread.
  6. A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, generally expected to share memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
  7. A helical ridge or groove, as on a screw.


Synonyms


Translations

  • Albanian: {{t-|sq|fill|m|xs=Albanian}}, {{t-|sq|pe|m|xs=Albanian}}
  • Arabic:
  • Chinese: 線 (xiàn)
  • Croatian: {{t-|hr|nit|f}}
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|nit|f}}, {{t-|cs|vlákno|n}}
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|draad|m}}, {{t-|nl|garen|n}}
  • Finnish: lanka, rihma, kuitu, säie
  • French: {{t+|fr|fil|m}}
  • Georgian: ძაფი (dzap‘i)
  • German: {{t+|de|Faden|m}}, {{t+|de|Garn|n}}, {{t+|de|Zwirn|m}}
  • Greek: {{t|el|νήμα|n|sc=Grek}}
  • Hungarian:
  • Italian: {{t+|it|filo|m}}
  • Japanese: 糸 (いと, ito)
  • Korean: 실 (sil)
  • Kurdish: {{t+|ku|په‌ت|sc=KUchar}}
  • Latvian: {{t-|lv|diegs|m|xs=Latvian}}
  • Polish: {{t+|pl|nić|f}}, {{t+|pl|nitka|f}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|fio|m}}
  • Romanian: {{t-|ro|aţă|f}}, {{t-|ro|tort|m|f}}, {{t-|ro|fir|m|f}}
  • Russian: нить (nit’)
  • Slovene: {{t+|sl|nit|f}}
  • Spanish: {{t+|es|hilo|m}}
  • Swedish:
  • Telugu: దారము (daaramu)
  • Thai: (dâai), (chêuak)
  • Turkish:
  • Italian: {{t+|it|filo|m}}, {{t-|it|filo conduttore|m}}
  • Polish: {{t+|pl|wątek|m}}
  • Slovene: {{t+|sl|nit|f}}
  • Spanish: {{t+|es|tema|m}}, {{t+|es|argumento|m}}
  • Italian: {{t+|it|forum|m}}
  • Polish: {{t+|pl|wątek|m}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|tópico|m}}
  • Croatian: {{t-|hr|nit|f}}, {{t-|hr|dretva|f}}
  • Finnish:
  • German: {{t+|de|Thread|m}}

Verb

{{en-verb|threads|threading|threaded, (archaic) thrid|threaded, (archaic) thridden}}

  1. To put thread through.
  2. : thread a needle
  3. To pass (through a narrow constriction or around a series of obstacles).
  4. : I think I can thread my way through here, but it’s going to be tight.


Translations

Anagrams


Category:1000 English basic words

ar:thread fa:thread fr:thread io:thread it:thread lt:thread hu:thread pl:thread pt:thread ru:thread simple:thread fi:thread sv:thread ta:thread te:thread vi:thread zh:thread

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster]

Heavy trading ships . . . threading the Bosphorus.
--Mitford.
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They would not thread the gates. --Shak.
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3. To form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in; as, to thread a
screw or nut.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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; also, one fiber
of a cord composed of multiple fibers.
[1913 Webster]

2. A filament of any substance, as of glass, gold or silver;
a filamentous part of an object, such as a flower; a
component fiber of any or of any fibrous substance, as of
bark.
[1913 Webster]

3. The prominent part of the spiral of a screw or nut; the
rib. See Screw, n., 1.
[1913 Webster]

4. (Fig.) Something continued in a long course or tenor; a
recurrent theme or related sequence of events in a larger
story; as the thread of a story, or of life, or of a
discourse. --Bp. Burnet.
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5. Fig.: Composition; quality; fineness. [Obs.]
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A neat courtier,
Of a most elegant thread. --B. Jonson.
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6. (Computers) A related sequence of instructions or actions
within a program that runs at least in part independent of
other actions within the program; -- such threads are
capable of being executed only in oprating systems
permittnig multitasking.
[PJC]

7. (Computers) A sequence of messages posted to an on-line
newsgroup or discussion group, dealing with the same
topic; -- messages in such a thread typically refer to a
previous posting, thus allowing their identification as
part of the thread. Some news-reading programs allow a
user to follow a single such thread independent of the
other postings to that newsgroup.
[PJC]

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 (Zool.), a lasso cell. See under Lasso.

Thread herring (Zool.), 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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet thread
n 1: a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or
nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving [syn: yarn]
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" [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}]
v 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, wind,
meander, wander]
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, draw]
Moby Dictionary
Aralac , Avisco , Celanese , Chemstrand , Dacron , Dynel , Indian file ,
Lastex , Manila , Orlon , Terylene , Velon , Vicara , acetate rayon ,
alpaca , angora , animal fiber , array , articulation ,
artificial fiber , bank , bast , be continuous , buzz , cambric tea ,
capillament , cashmere , catena , catenate , catenation , chain ,
chain reaction , chaining , cilium , cirrus , cobweb , coir ,
concatenate , concatenation , connect , connect up , connection ,
consecution , continuate , continue , continuum , cord , cotton , course ,
cycle , denier , descent , direction , dishwater , drift , drone , ease ,
endless belt , endless round , fiber , fibrilla , filament ,
filamentule , file , filiation , flagellum , flax , floss ,
form a series , gamut , gossamer , gradation , gruel , hair , hank , hemp ,
horsehair , house of cards , hum , inch , join , jute , kapok , line ,
lineage , linen , link , llama hair , maintain continuity , matchwood ,
merino , milk and water , mohair , monotone , motif , near-silk , nexus ,
nylon , oakum , pass , pendulum , periodicity , plenum , plot ,
powder train , progression , queue , raffia , range , rank , rayon ,
recurrence , reed , reticulation , rope of sand , rotation , round ,
routine , row , run , run on , sand castle , scale , sequence , series ,
silk , single file , sisal , skein , spandex , spectrum , spun rayon ,
strand , string , string together , subject , succession , suture ,
swath , tendril , tenor , theme , thesis , threadlet , tier , train ,
train of thought , tussah , twine , water , web , wind , windrow , wool ,
worsted , yarn , zephyr


Jargon 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!


FOLDOC thread

1. See multithreading.

2. See threaded code.

3. topic thread.

[Jargon File]


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