thread

Signification

Noun

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. A screw thread.
4. A sequence of connections.
5. The line midway between the banks of a stream.
6. A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
7. 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. Composition; quality; fineness.

Verb

1. To put thread through.
2. 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.
4. To remove the hair using a thread.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/θɹɛd/

Étymologie

From Middle English thred, þred, threed, from Old English þrǣd, from Proto-Germanic *þrēduz, from Proto-Indo-European *treh₁-tu-s, from *terh₁- (“rub, twist”). Cognate 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.