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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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