Sekirov Dictionary

thread

/ˈθɹɛd/

noun15

  1. a long thin line of soft material used to join pieces of clothes together
  2. A piece of yarn, especially said of warps and wefts in a woven fabric.
  3. Any of various natural (as spiderweb, etc.) or manufactured filaments (as glass, plastic, metal, etc.).
  4. (Internet) A series of posts or messages, consisting of an initial post and responses to it, generally relating to the same subject, on a newsgroup, Internet forum, or social media platform.
  5. An ordered course, that which connects the successive points in a discourse.
  6. A line of reasoning, sequence of ideas, or train of thought.
  7. A continuing theme that modifies the whole discourse.
  8. A sequence of connections.
  9. A precarious condition; something that which offers no real or otherwise perceived security.
  10. A screw thread.
  11. A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
  12. A slender stream of water.
  13. The continuing course of life; the thread of life.
  14. The line midway between the banks of a stream.
  15. (figurative, no longer used) The degree of fineness; quality; nature.

verb11

  1. To pass a thread through the eye of a needle.
  2. (figurative) To make one's way through or between (a constriction or obstacles).
  3. (figurative) To cautiously make (one's way) through a precarious place or situation.
  4. (figurative) To pass through; to pierce through; to penetrate.
  5. To interweave as if with thread; to intersperse.
  6. To fix (beads, pearls, etc.) upon a thread that is passed through; to string.
  7. To remove (facial hair) by way of a looped thread that is tightly wound in the middle.
  8. To form a screw thread on or in (a bolt, hole, etc.).
  9. To feed (a sewing machine or otherwise a projecting or exposing mechanism, such as a projector, a camera, etc.) with film.
  10. To pass (a film or tape) through a projector, recorder, etc. so as to correct its path.
  11. Of boiling syrup: To form a threadlike stream when poured from a spoon.
forms

threaded · thrid · thridden · threading · threadeth · threads · threadest

Phrases with thread

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