Meaning of thread | Babel Free

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1. A cord formed by spinning or twisting together textile fibers or filaments into one or more continuous strands, typically used in needlework.
2. A piece of yarn, especially said of warps and wefts in a woven fabric.
3. To put (objects) onto a fine continuous filament:string.
4. Any of various natural (as spiderweb, etc.) or manufactured filaments (as glass, plastic, metal, etc.).
5. (of material) worn thin; shabby. a threadbare jacket. rafelrig بالٍ، رَث изтъркан puído obnošený, ošumělý fadenscheinig tyndslidt ξεφτισμένος, τριμμένοςgastado, raído vile, kulunud کهنه؛ مندرس nukkavieru éliméבלוי फटा-पुराना iznošen, izlizan kopott menipis snjáður liso, consumato 着古した 올이 보일 정도로 낡은 nušiuręs, nutrintas nodilis; noskrandis; noplucis lusuh versletenloslitt wyświechtany, wytarty puído jerpelit изношенный obnosený oguljen pohaban tunn-, trådsliten เก่าจนหมดขน (เสื้อผ้า) incelmiş, e...
6. A slender stream of water.
7. 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.
8. The line midway between the banks of a stream.
9. A thin strand, cord, or filament of natural or manufactured material.
10. A screw thread.
11. A helical or spiral ridge on a screw, nut, or bolt.
12. The continuing course of life; thread of life.
13. Computers a. A portion of a program that can run independently of and concurrently with other portions of the program.
    Computers
14. An ordered course, that which connects the successive points in a discourse.
15. A line of reasoning, sequence of ideas, or train of thought.
16. threads Slang Clothes.
    Slang
17. A continuing theme that modifies the whole discourse.
18. To pass one end of a thread through the eye of (a needle, for example).
19. A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
20. To connect by running a thread through; string: thread beads.
21. Sports To throw or send (a pass) though a heavily defended area to a teammate.
    Sports
22. A series of posts or messages, consisting of an initial post and responses to it, generally relating to the same subject, on a newsgroup, Internet forum, or social media platform.
    Internet
23. A sequence of connections.
24. A precarious condition; something that which offers no real or otherwise perceived security.
25. The degree of fineness; quality; nature.
    figuratively, obsolete

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Examples

“Woolen threads were an occult means, according to the Roman poet Horace, of depriving a person of virility.”

“the threads of a spiderweb”

“He walked. To the corner of Hamilton Place and Picadilly, and there stayed for a while, for it is a romantic station by night. The vague and careless rain looked like threads of gossamer silver passing across the light of the arc-lamps.”

“a thread of water”

“I’ve lost the thread of what you’re saying.”

“I was pondering these things, when an incident, and a somewhat unexpected one, broke the thread of my musings.”

“‘Let him go on. Do not interrupt him. He cannot go back, and maybe could not proceed at all if once he lost the thread of his thought.’”

“All of these essays have a common thread.”

“a life hanging by a thread”

“A neat courtier, / Of a most elegant thread.”

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