Thread

n.	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.
	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.
	3.	The prominent part of the spiral of a screw or nut; the rib. See Screw, n., 1.
	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.
	5.	Fig.: Composition; quality; fineness. A neat courtier, Of a most elegant thread. - B. Jonson.
	6.	(Computers) 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.
	7.	(Computers) 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. 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. Thread cell (Zool.) a lasso cell. See under Lasso. - Shak. Thread herring (Zool.) 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.
v. t.	1.	To pass a thread through the eye of; as, to thread a needle. [imp. & p. p. Threaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Threading.]
	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.

Noun	1.	thread - a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving Synonyms: yarn
	2.	thread - 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" Synonyms: ribbon
	3.	thread - 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" Synonyms: train of thought
	4.	thread - the raised helical rib going around a screw Synonyms: screw thread
Verb	1.	thread - 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" Synonyms: meander, wind, wander, weave
	2.	thread - pass a thread through; "thread a needle"
	3.	thread - remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string; "She had her eyebrows threaded"
	4.	thread - pass through or into; "thread tape"; "thread film"
	5.	thread - thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries" Synonyms: string, draw

THREAD. A figurative expression used to signify the central line of a stream or water course. Harg. Tracts, 5; 4 Mason's Rep. 397; Holt's R. 490. Vide Filum aguae; Island; Water course; River.

1.		thread - See multithreading.
2.		thread - See threaded code.
3.		thread - topic thread.

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