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thread
A long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in sewing, weaving or in the construction of string.
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noun
A long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in sewing, weaving or in the construction of string.
A continued theme or idea.
“All of these essays have a common thread.”
A screw thread.
A sequence of connections.
The line midway between the banks of a stream.
A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
A series of messages, generally grouped by subject, in which all messages except the first are replies to previous messages in the thread.
A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark.
Composition; quality; fineness.
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To put thread through.
“thread a needle”
To pass (through a narrow constriction or around a series of obstacles).
“I think I can thread my way through here, but it’s going to be tight.”
To screw on, to fit the threads of a nut on a bolt
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All of these essays have a common thread.
thread a needle
I think I can thread my way through here, but it’s going to be tight.
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