thread

Meaning

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.

Concepts

thread

string

yarn

cord

filament

rope

wire

fibre

line

twine

fiber

cotton

strand

ribbon

vein

tie

weave

string together

fibril

draw

screw thread

train of thought

knot

clue

warp

lace

band

rootlet

tissue

wool

meander

wander

wind

needle

pierce

slip

woof

braid

jet

row

stripe

streak

action

activity

practice

logic

method

reason

system

spider line

fillet

connection

bind

put a string in

vine

spinning

clothing

penetrate

pervade

cable

hawser

impale

pierce through

put

skewer

lampwick

strand of wool

tape

thread a needle

put into

set into

baste

heddle

stitch

twist

clew

crewel

ray

trickle

lea

screw

buckle

turnbuckle

helical

spiral

draw-through

thin rope

be threaded

length of thread

sew

sewing-thread

break

sewing machine

common thread

golden thread

common theme

thought process

board

cover

enter

occupy

ride

serve

service

step

tread

tab

belt

shred

strip

snare

slalom

snake

zigzag

reeve

filum

hypha

rafter

pass through

run through

chain

bundle

path

way

stream

plot

threads

sinew

gather

bindle

cord, string

hilum

reticule

lace up

cross

Pronounced as (IPA)

/θɹɛd/

Etymology

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.