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Definition thread

Etymology

From Middle English thred, þred, threed, from Old English þr?d, from Proto-Germanic *þr?duz, from Proto-Indo-European *treh?-tu-s, from *terh?- (“rub, twist”). Cognates with Saterland Frisian Träid (“thread, wire”), West Frisian tried, Dutch draad, German Draht, Norwegian, Danish and Swedish tråd, and Icelandic þráður. Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian dredh (“twist, turn”). More at throw.

Noun

thread (plural threads)

1. 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. A continued theme or idea.
3. (engineering) A screw thread.
4. A sequence of connections.
5. The line midway between the banks of a stream.
6. (computing) A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
7. (Internet) A series of messages, generally grouped by subject, in which all messages except the first are replies to previous messages in the thread.
8. A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark.
9. (figuratively) Composition; quality; fineness.

Verb

thread (third-person singular simple present threads, present participle threading, simple past threaded or (archaic) thrid, past participle threaded or (archaic) thridden)

1. (transitive) To put thread through.
2. (transitive) To pass (through a narrow constriction or around a series of obstacles).
3. To screw on, to fit the threads of a nut on a bolt

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