5 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thread \Thread\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Threaded}; p. pr & vb n.
{Threading}.]
1. To pass a thread through the eye of as to thread a
needle.
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.
Heavy trading ships . . . threading the Bosphorus.
--Mitford.
They would not thread the gates. --Shak.
3. To form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in as to thread a
screw or nut.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thread \Thread\ (thr[e^]d), n. [OE. threed, [thorn]red, AS
[thorn]r[=ae]d; akin to D. draad, G. draht wire, thread, OHG.
dr[=a]t, Icel. [thorn]r[=a][eth]r a thread, Sw tr[*a]d, Dan.
traad, and AS [thorn]r[=a]wan 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.
2. A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance,
as of bark; also a line of gold or silver.
3. The prominent part of the spiral of a screw or nut; the
rib. See {Screw}, n., 1.
4. Fig.: Something continued in a long course or tenor; a,s
the thread of life, or of a discourse. --Bp. Burnet.
5. Fig.: Composition; quality; fineness. [Obs.]
A neat courtier, Of a most elegant thread. --B.
Jonson
{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} (Zo["o]l.), a lasso cell. See under {Lasso}.
{Thread herring} (Zo["o]l.), 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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
thread
n 1: a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or
nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving [syn: {yarn}]
2: any long object resembling a thin line "a mere ribbon of
land"; "the lighted ribbon of traffic"; "from the air the
road was a gray thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed
upward" [syn: {ribbon}]
3: 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" [syn: {train
of thought}]
4: the raised helical rib going around a screw [syn: {screw
thread}]
v 1: to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular
course: the river winds through the hills. [syn: {weave},
{wind}, {meander}]
2: pass a thread through "thread a needle"
3: thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"
[syn: {string}]
From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]:
thread n. [Usenet, GEnie, CompuServe] Common abbreviation of
`topic thread', a more or less continuous chain of postings on a single
topic. To `follow a thread' is to read a series of Usenet postings
sharing a common subject or (more correctly) which are connected by
Reference headers. The better newsreaders can present news in thread
order automatically. Not to be confused with the techspeak sense of
`thread', e.g. a lightweight process.
Interestingly, this is far from a neologism. The OED says: "That
which connects the successive points in anything esp. a narrative,
train of thought, or the like the sequence of events or ideas continuing
throughout the whole course of anything;" Citations are given going back
to 1642!
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
thread
1. See {multithreading}.
2. See {threaded code}.
3. {topic thread}.
[{Jargon File}]
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