thread

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

draad

garen

onderwerp

rode draad

topic

bedraden

insteken

thread

passeren voorbij gaan

actie

activiteit

bedrijvigheid

gedoe

handeling

optreden

toedoen

werkdadigheid

werking

rijgen

discussielijn

rijgen

schroefdraad

aanrijgen

inrijgen

hengelsnoer

sim

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/θɹɛd/

Etymologie (Engels)

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.