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1.nounA long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in sewing, weaving or in the construction of string.
2.nounA continued theme or idea."All of these essays have a common thread."
3.nounA screw thread.
4.nounA sequence of connections.
5.nounThe line midway between the banks of a stream.
6.nounA unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
7.nounA series of messages, generally grouped by subject, in which all messages except the first are replies to previous messages in the thread.
8.nounA filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark.
9.nounComposition; quality; fineness.
10.verbTo put thread through."thread a needle"
11.verbTo 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."
12.verbTo screw on, to fit the threads of a nut on a bolt