Definitions for thread
θrɛdthread

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. thread, yarnnoun

   a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving

2. ribbon, threadnoun

   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"

3. train of thought, threadnoun

   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"

4. screw thread, threadverb

   the raised helical rib going around a screw

5. weave, wind, thread, meander, wanderverb

   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"

6. threadverb

   pass a thread through

   "thread a needle"

7. threadverb

   remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string

   "She had her eyebrows threaded"

8. threadverb

   pass through or into

   "thread tape"; "thread film"

9. string, thread, drawverb

   thread on or as if on a string

   "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. threadnoun

   A long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in sewing, weaving or in the construction of string.

2. threadnoun

   A theme or idea.

3. threadnoun

   A screw thread.

4. threadnoun

   A sequence of connections.

5. threadnoun

   The line midway between the banks of a stream.

6. threadnoun

   A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, generally expected to share memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.

7. threadnoun

   A series of messages, generally grouped by subject, all but the first replies to previous messages in the thread.

8. threadverb

   To put thread through.

   thread a needle

9. threadverb

   To pass (through a narrow constriction or around a series of obstacles).

   I think I can thread my way through here, but it's going to be tight.

10. Etymology: From threed, þred, from þræd, ðræd, from þrēduz, from treh₁-tu-, from terh₁-. Near cognates include Dutch draad German Draht, Icelandic þráður and Norwegian, Danish and Swedish tråd. Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian dredh.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. THREADnoun

   Etymology: þræd , Saxon; draed, Dutch.

   1. A small line; a small twist.

   Let not Bardolph’s vital thread be cut
   With edge of penny cord and vile reproach. William Shakespeare.

   Though the slender thread of dyed silk looked on single seem devoid of redness, yet when numbers of these threads are brought together, their colour becomes notorious. Boyle.

   He who sat at a table but with a sword hanging over his head by one single thread or hair, surely had enough to check his appetite. Robert South, Sermons.

   The art of pleasing is the skill of cutting to a thread, betwixt flattery and ill-manners. Roger L'Estrange.

   2. Any thing continued in a course; uniform tenor.

   The eagerness and trembling of the fancy doth not always regularly follow the same even thread of discourse, but strikes upon some other thing that hath relation to it. Burnet.

   The gout being a disease of the nervous parts, makes it so hard to cure; diseases are so as they are more remote in the thread of the motion of the fluids. Arbuthnot.

2. To Threadverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To pass through with a thread.

   The largest crooked needle, with a ligature of the size of that I have threaded it with in taking up the spermatick vessels. Samuel Sharp, Surgery.

   2. To pass through; to pierce through.

   Thus out of season threading dark-ey’d night. William Shakespeare.

   Being prest to th’ war,
   Ev’n when the nave of the state was touch’d,
   They would not thread the gates. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. thread

   A thread is a sequence of programmed instructions that can be executed concurrently with other threads in a computer program. It represents an independent unit of execution within a process and can perform tasks simultaneously with other threads, allowing for multitasking and improved performance in software applications. Threads share resources and memory space with other threads in the same process, making it possible for them to communicate and synchronize their activities.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Threadnoun

   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. Threadnoun

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

3. Threadnoun

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

4. Threadnoun

   fig.: Something continued in a long course or tenor; a,s the thread of life, or of a discourse

5. Threadnoun

   fig.: Composition; quality; fineness

6. Threadverb

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

7. Threadverb

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

8. Threadverb

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

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Thread

   Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibres, suitable for use in the production of textiles, sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery, and ropemaking. Thread is a type of yarn intended for sewing by hand or machine. Modern manufactured sewing threads may be finished with wax or other lubricants to withstand the stresses involved in sewing. Embroidery threads are yarns specifically designed for hand or machine embroidery.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Thread

   thred, n. a very thin line of any substance twisted and drawn out: a filament of any fibrous substance: a fine line of yarn: anything resembling a thread: the prominent spiral part of a screw: something continued in long course: the uniform tenor of a discourse.—v.t. to pass a thread through the eye of (as a needle): to pass or pierce through, as a narrow way: to furnish with a thread.—adj. Thread′bare, worn to the bare thread: having the nap worn off: hackneyed: used till its novelty or interest is gone.—n. Thread′bareness.—adj. Thread′en (Shak.), made of thread.—ns. Thread′er; Thread′iness, the state of being thread-like or slender: the quality of containing threads; Thread′-lace, lace made of linen thread; Thread′-pā′per, a piece of thin soft paper for wrapping up a skein of thread.—n.pl. Thread′-worms, a popular name for Nematoda, a class of more or less thread-like worms, many parasitic, others free-living.—adj. Thread′y, like thread: slender: containing, or consisting of, thread.—Thread and thrum, all, the good and bad together; Thread of life, the thread imagined to be spun and cut by the Fates.—Lisle thread, a fine hard-twisted linen thread originally made at Lille in France. [A.S. thrǽd—thráwan, to wind, to twist; Ger. drehen.]

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. thread

   [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!

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. thread

   [Ang.-Sax. thréd]. The middle of a river or stream.--To thread. To run a ship through narrow and intricate channels among islands.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. thread

   A type of matter created in various colors, materials, sizes and styles.

   They used various types of thread to sew garments together in the factory.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 12, 2020  

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1. thread

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   • Thinking

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'thread' in Nouns Frequency: #2629

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Anagrams for thread »

1. hatred

2. dareth

3. dearth

4. rathed

How to pronounce thread?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say thread in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of thread in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of thread in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of thread in a Sentence

1. Alok Sharma:

   2021 is absolutely going to be a critical year for climate, i want to see the golden thread of climate action woven through every international event on the road to Glasgow.

2. Mark Hamill:

   I happen to know that George didn't kill Luke until the end of [Episode] 9, after he trained Leia, which is another thread that was never played upon [in ‘The Last Jedi’].

3. Roger Goodman:

   There might be a couple marginal adjustments to policy to make sure police can do their jobs, but that we don’t have needless injuries and deaths and use of force, i think we can thread that needle.

4. E. H. Gombrich:

   Anyone who can handle a needle convincingly can make us see a thread which is not there.

5. Homer:

   Thus have the gods spun the thread for wretched mortals that they live in grief while they themselves are without cares for two jars stand on the floor of Zeus of the gifts which he gives, one of evils and another of blessings.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=thread
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Thread
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=thread
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thread
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=thread
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=thread
8. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Thread
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=thread
10. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=thread