thread Listen: [ thrd ]
n.
a. Fine cord of a fibrous material, such as cotton or flax, made of two or more filaments twisted together and used in needlework and the weaving of cloth. b. A piece of such cord.
a. A thin strand, cord, or filament of natural or manufactured material. b. Something that suggests the fineness or thinness of such a strand, cord, or filament: a thread of smoke. c. Something that suggests the continuousness of such a strand, cord, or filament: lost the thread of his argument.
A helical or spiral ridge on a screw, nut, or bolt.
Computer Science a. A portion of a program that can run independently of and concurrently with other portions of the program. b.
A set of posts on a newsgroup, composed of an initial post about a topic and all responses to it.
threads Slang Clothes.
v. thread·ed, thread·ing, threads
v. tr.
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