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[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun thread has 4 senses

1.  thread(n = noun.artifact) yarn - a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving;
is a kind of cord
has particulars: cotton, dental floss, floss, floss, lastex, ligature, metallic, nap, pile, purl, suture, tinsel, warp, filling, pick, weft, woof, worsted, worsted yarn
Derived forms verb thread5, verb thread2

2.  thread(n = noun.object) ribbon - any long object resembling a thin line; "a mere ribbon of land"; "the lighted ribbon of traffic"; "from the air the road was a grey thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed upward"
is a kind of object, physical object
has particulars: blade
Derived forms verb thread1, adjective thready2

3.  thread(n = noun.cognition) train of thought - the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together; "I couldn't follow his train of thought"; "he lost the thread of his argument"
is a kind of cerebration, intellection, mentation, thinking, thought, thought process

4.  thread(n = noun.artifact) screw thread - the raised helical rib going around a screw;
is a kind of rib
is a part of screw


Verb thread has 5 senses

1.  thread(v = verb.motion) meander, wander, weave, wind - to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"
is one way to go, locomote, move, travel
Derived form noun thread2
Sample sentences: Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP

2.  thread(v = verb.contact) - pass a thread through; "thread a needle"
is one way to
draw, guide, pass, run
Derived forms noun thread1, noun threader1
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

3.  thread(v = verb.contact) - remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string; "She had her eyebrows threaded"
is one way to
draw out, extract, pull, pull out, pull up, take out
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

4.  thread(v = verb.contact) - pass through or into; "thread tape"; "thread film"
is one way to
draw, guide, pass, run
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

5.  thread(v = verb.contact) draw, string - thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"
is one way to arrange, set up
Derived forms noun thread1, noun threader1
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something


[CIDE DICTIONARY]

thread, n. [OE. threed, , AS. ; akin to D. draad, G. draht wire, thread, OHG. drāt, Icel. a thread, Sw. tråd, Dan. traad, and AS. to twist. See Throw, and cf. Third.].

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; also, one fiber of a cord composed of multiple fibers. [1913 Webster]

2.  A filament of any substance, as of glass, gold or silver; a filamentous part of an object, such as a flower; a component fiber of any or of any fibrous substance, as of bark. [1913 Webster]

3.  The prominent part of the spiral of a screw or nut; the rib. See Screw, n., 1. [1913 Webster]

4.  Something continued in a long course or tenor; a recurrent theme or related sequence of events in a larger story; as the thread of a story, or of life, or of a discourse. Bp. Burnet. [1913 Webster]

5.  Fig.: Composition; quality; fineness. [1913 Webster]
"A neat courtier,
Of a most elegant thread.
" [1913 Webster]

6.  A related sequence of instructions or actions within a program that runs at least in part independent of other actions within the program; -- such threads are capable of being executed only in oprating systems permittnig multitasking. [PJC]

7.  A sequence of messages posted to an on-line newsgroup or discussion group, dealing with the same topic; -- messages in such a thread typically refer to a previous posting, thus allowing their identification as part of the thread. Some news-reading programs allow a user to follow a single such thread independent of the other postings to that newsgroup. [PJC]

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. [Obs.] Shak. -- Thread cell (Zoöl.), a lasso cell. See under Lasso. -- Thread herring (Zoöl.), the gizzard shad. See under Gizzard. -- Thread lace, lace made of linen thread. -- Thread needle, a game in which children stand in a row, joining hands, and in which the outer one, still holding his neighbor, runs between the others; -- called also thread the needle.

thread, v. t.

1.  To pass a thread through the eye of; as, to thread a needle. [1913 Webster]

2.  To pass or pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect or make, as one's way, through or between obstacles; to thrid. [1913 Webster]
"Heavy trading ships . . . threading the Bosphorus." [1913 Webster]
"They would not thread the gates." [1913 Webster]

3.  To form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in; as, to thread a screw or nut. [1913 Webster]


[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

thread, n. & v.
--n.
1 a a spun-out filament of cotton, silk, or glass etc.; yarn. b a length of this.
2 a thin cord of twisted yarns used esp. in sewing and weaving.
3 anything regarded as threadlike with reference to its continuity or connectedness (the thread of life; lost the thread of his argument).
4 the spiral ridge of a screw.
5 (in pl.) sl. clothes.
6 a thin seam or vein of ore.
--v.tr.
1 pass a thread through the eye of (a needle).
2 put (beads) on a thread.
3 arrange (material in a strip form, e.g. film or magnetic tape) in the proper position on equipment.
4 make (one's way) carefully through a crowded place, over a difficult route, etc.
5 streak (hair etc.) as with threads.
6 form a screw-thread on.

Idiom:
hang by a thread be in a precarious state, position, etc. thread mark a mark in the form of a thin line made in banknote paper with highly coloured silk fibres to prevent photographic counterfeiting.

Derivative:
threader n. threadlike adj.

Etymology:
OE thr{aelig}d f. Gmc


[ROGET DICTIONARY]

Arrangement

VB  reduce to order, bring into order, introduce order into, rally, arrange, dispose, place, form, put in order, set in order, place in order, set out, collocate, pack, marshal, range, size, rank, group, parcel out, allot, distribute, deal, cast the parts, assign the parts, dispose of, assign places to, assort, sort, sift, riddle, put to rights, set to rights, put into shape, put in trim, put in array, apportion, class, classify, divide, file, string together, thread, register, catalogue, tabulate, index, graduate, digest, grade, methodize, regulate, systematize, coordinate, organize, settle, fix, unravel, disentangle, ravel, card, disembroil, feaze.


Continuity

N  continuity, consecution, consecutiveness, succession, round, suite, progression, series, train chain, catenation, concatenation, scale, gradation, course, ceaselessness, constant flow, unbroken extent, procession, column, retinue, cortege, cavalcade, rank and file, line of battle, array, pedigree, genealogy, lineage, race, ancestry, descent, family, house, line, line of ancestors, strain, rank, file, line, row, range, tier, string, thread, team, suit, colonnade, continuous, continued, consecutive, progressive, gradual, serial, successive, immediate, unbroken, entire, linear, in a line, in a row, uninterrupted, unintermitting, unremitting, unrelenting (perseverence), perennial, evergreen, constant, continuously, seriatim, in a line, in succession, in turn, running, gradually, step by step, gradatim, at a stretch, in file, in column, in single file, in Indian file.

VB  follow in a series, form a series, fall in, arrange in a series, collate, string together, file, thread, graduate, organize, sort, tabulate.


Weakness

N  weakness, debility, atony, relaxation, languor, enervation, impotence, infirmity, effeminacy, feminality, fragility, flaccidity, inactivity, anaemia, bloodlessness, deficiency of blood, poverty of blood, declension of strength, loss of strength, failure of strength, delicacy, invalidation, decrepitude, asthenia, adynamy, cachexy, cachexia, sprain, strain, reed, thread, rope of sand, house of cards, softling, weakling, infant, youth, weak, feeble, debile, impotent, relaxed, unnerved sapless, strengthless, powerless, weakly, unstrung, flaccid, adynamic, asthenic, nervous, soft, effeminate, feminate, womanly, frail, fragile, shattery, flimsy, unsubstantial, insubstantial, gimcrack, gingerbread, rickety, creaky, creaking, cranky, craichy, drooping, tottering, broken, lame, withered, shattered, shaken, crazy, shaky, palsied, decrepit, languid, poor, infirm, faint, faintish, sickly, dull, slack, evanid, spent, short-winded, effete, weather-beaten, decayed, rotten, worn, seedy, languishing, wasted, washy, laid low, pulled down, the worse for wear, unstrengthened, unsupported, unaided, unassisted, aidless, defenseless, cantilevered (support), on its last legs, weak as a child, weak as a baby, weak as a chicken, weak as a cat, weak as a rat, weak as water, weak as water gruel, weak as gingerbread, weak as milk and water, colorless, non sum qualis eram.


Filament

N  filament, line, fiber, fibril, funicle, vein, hair, capillament, cilium, cilia, pilus, pili, tendril, gossamer, hair stroke, veinlet, venula, venule, wire, string, thread, packthread, cotton, sewing silk, twine, twist, whipcord, tape, ribbon, cord, rope, yarn, hemp, oakum, jute, strip, shred, slip, spill, list, band, fillet, fascia, ribbon, riband, roll, lath, splinter, shiver, shaving, beard, ramification, strand, filamentous, filamentiferous, filaceous, filiform, fibrous, fibrillous, thread-like, wiry, stringy, ropy, capillary, capilliform, funicular, wire-drawn, anguilliform, flagelliform, hairy, taeniate, taeniform, taenioid, venose, venous.


Passage

VB  pass, pass through, perforate, penetrate, permeate, thread, thrid, enfilade, go through, go across, go over, pass over, cut across, ford, cross, pass and repass, work, make one's way, thread one's way, worm one's way, force one's way, make a passage form a passage, cut one's way through, find its way, find its vent, transmit, make way, clear the course, traverse, go over the ground.


[RELATED WORDS]

golden thread, hang by a thread, lisle thread, pack thread, screw thread, thread blight, thread maker