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Definition of Thread
1. Verb. To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course. "Sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"
Generic synonyms: Go, Locomote, Move, Travel
Specialized synonyms: Snake
Related verbs: Wander
Derivative terms: Meander, Meander
2. Noun. A fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving.
Generic synonyms: Cord
Specialized synonyms: Cotton, Dental Floss, Floss, Floss, Lastex, Ligature, Metallic, Nap, Pile, Purl, Suture, Tinsel, Warp, Filling, Pick, Weft, Woof, Worsted, Worsted Yarn
3. Verb. Pass a thread through. "Thread a needle"
4. Noun. Any long object resembling a thin line. "A thread of smoke climbed upward"
Generic synonyms: Object, Physical Object
Specialized synonyms: Blade
Derivative terms: Ribbony, Thready
5. Verb. Remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string. "She had her eyebrows threaded"
6. Noun. The connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together. "He lost the thread of his argument"
Generic synonyms: Cerebration, Intellection, Mentation, Thinking, Thought, Thought Process
7. Verb. Pass through or into. "Thread film"
8. Noun. The raised helical rib going around a screw.
9. Verb. Thread on or as if on a string. "Thread dried cranberries"
Related verbs: Draw, Guide, Pass, Run
Specialized synonyms: Bead, Wire
Generic synonyms: Arrange, Set Up
Derivative terms: String, String, String, Stringer, Threader
Definition of Thread
1. n. 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. v. t. To pass a thread through the eye of; as, to thread a needle.
Definition of Thread
1. Noun. A long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in sewing, weaving or in the construction of string. ¹
2. Noun. A theme or idea. ¹
3. Noun. A screw thread. ¹
4. Noun. A sequence of connections. ¹
5. Noun. The line midway between the banks of a stream. ¹
6. Noun. (computing) A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, generally expected to share memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently. ¹
7. Noun. (Internet) A series of messages, generally grouped by subject, all but the first replies to previous messages in the thread. ¹
8. Verb. (transitive) To put thread through. ¹
9. Verb. (transitive) To pass (through a narrow constriction or around a series of obstacles). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thread
1. to pass a thread (a very slender cord) through [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Thread
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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.
2. A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark; also, a line of gold or silver.
3. The prominent part of the spiral of a screw or nut; the rib. See Screw.
4. Something continued in a long course or tenor; a,s the thread of life, or of a discourse.
5. Composition; quality; fineness. "A neat courtier, Of a most elegant thread." (B. Jonson) 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.