thread

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Meaning

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.

string

thread a needle

lampwick

pierce through

put into

sewing-thread

thought process

thin rope

strand of wool

set into

spider line

be threaded

put a string in

golden thread

draw-through

common thread

length of thread

cord, string

common theme

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/θɹɛd/

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.