'Thread' definitions:
Definition of 'thread'
From: WordNet
noun
A fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving [syn: thread, yarn]
noun
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" [syn: ribbon, thread]
noun
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, thread]
noun
The raised helical rib going around a screw [syn: screw thread, thread]
verb
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, thread, meander, wander]
verb
Pass a thread through; "thread a needle"
verb
Remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string; "She had her eyebrows threaded"
verb
Pass through or into; "thread tape"; "thread film"
verb
Definition of 'Thread'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- They would not thread the gates. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in; as, to thread a screw or nut. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Thread'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Fig.: Composition; quality; fineness. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- A neat courtier, Of a most elegant thread. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
- 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]
Synonyms of 'thread'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acetate rayon,
- alpaca,
- angora,
- animal fiber,
- Aralac,
- array,
- articulation,
- artificial fiber,
- Avisco,
- bank,
- bast,
- be continuous,
- buzz,
- cambric tea,
- capillament,
- cashmere,
- catena,
- catenate,
- catenation,
- Celanese,
- chain,
- chain reaction,
- chaining,
- Chemstrand,
- cilium,
- cirrus,
- cobweb,
- coir,
- concatenate,
- concatenation,
- connect,
- connect up,
- connection,
- consecution,
- continuate,
- continue,
- continuum,
- cord,
- cotton,
- course,
- cycle,
- Dacron,
- denier,
- descent,
- direction,
- dishwater,
- drift,
- drone,
- Dynel,
- 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,
- Indian file,
- join,
- jute,
- kapok,
- Lastex,
- line,
- lineage,
- linen,
- link,
- llama hair,
- maintain continuity,
- Manila,
- matchwood,
- merino,
- milk and water,
- mohair,
- monotone,
- motif,
- near-silk,
- nexus,
- nylon,
- oakum,
- Orlon,
- 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,
- Terylene,
- theme,
- thesis,
- threadlet,
- tier,
- train,
- train of thought,
- tussah,
- twine,
- Velon,
- Vicara,
- water,
- web,
- wind,
- windrow,
- wool,
- worsted,
- yarn,
- zephyr
Words containing 'Thread'
- Threaded,
- Threading,
- threads,
- Air thread,
- Floating threads,
- Floss thread,
- Lisle thread,
- Male thread,
- Pack thread,
- Screw thread,
- Thread and thrum,
- Thread cell,
- Thread herring,
- Thread lace,
- Thread needle,
- golden thread,
- hang by a thread,
- pita thread,
- thread blight,
- thread maker,
- thread the needle,
- Double-threaded,
- Thread-shaped,
- thread-fish,
- adam's needle-and-thread