thread

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Synonyms: tread, threat, threap, thred, threed

Antonyms: tread, threat, threap, thred, threed

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Noun

1. A [[cord]] formed by spinning or twisting together textile [[fiber]]s or [[filament]]s into one or more continuous [[strand]]s, typically used in [[needlework]].
2. {{lb|en|weaving}} A [[piece]] of [[yarn]], especially said of [[warp]]s and [[weft]]s in a woven [[fabric]].
3. Any of various [[natural]] (as [[spiderweb]], etc.) or [[manufactured]] filaments (as [[glass]], [[plastic]], [[metal]], etc.).
4. A [[slender]] [[stream]] of water.
5. The line [[midway]] between the [[bank]]s of a [[stream]].
6. {{lb|en|engineering}} A [[screw thread]].
7. The continuing [[course]] of [[life]]; the [[thread of life]].
8. An ordered [[course]], that which connects the successive points in a [[discourse]].
9. {{lb|en|computing}} A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a [[process]], usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
10. {{senseid|en|Q1634115}}{{lb|en|Internet}} A series of [[post]]s or [[message]]s, consisting of an initial post and responses to it, generally relating to the same [[subject]], on a [[newsgroup]], Internet [[forum]], or [[social media]] [[platform]].
11. A [[sequence]] of [[connection]]s.
12. A [[precarious]] [[condition]]; something that which offers no real or otherwise perceived [[security]].

Verb

1. {{senseid|en|pass a thread}} {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[pass]] a thread through the [[eye]] of a [[needle]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To fix ([[bead]]s, [[pearl]]s, etc.) upon a thread that is passed through; to [[string]].
3. {{lb|en|transitive|figurative}} To make one's way through or between (a [[constriction]] or [[obstacle]]s).
4. {{lb|en|transitive|figurative}} To [[pass through]]; to [[pierce]] through; to [[penetrate]].
5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[interweave]] as if with thread; to [[intersperse]].
6. {{lb|en|transitive}} To form a [[screw thread]] on or in (a [[bolt]], [[hole]], etc.).
7. {{senseid|en|remove facial hair}} {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To [[remove]] (facial hair) by way of a looped thread that is tightly wound in the middle.
8. {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To [[feed]] (a [[sewing machine]] or otherwise a [[project#Verb|projecting]] or [[expose|exposing]] mechanism, such as a [[projector]], a [[camera]], etc.) with [[film]]. {{+obj|en|:up<q:usually>}}
9. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[pass]] (a [[film]] or [[tape]]) through a [[projector]], [[recorder]], etc. so as to correct its [[path]].
10. {{lb|en|intransitive}} Of boiling [[syrup]]: To [[form]] a threadlike stream when poured from a [[spoon]].

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