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Defenition of the word thread

    • Defenition of the word 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.
      • A way for a program to fork (or split) itself into two or more simultaneously (or pseudo-simultaneously) running tasks. In general, a thread is contained inside a process and different threads in the same process share some resources while different processes do not. (source: Wikipedia)
      • 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"
      • the raised helical rib going around a screw
      • thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"
      • pass a thread through; "thread a needle"
      • a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
      • 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"
      • to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course: the river winds through the hills.
      • 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"
      • thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"
      • pass through or into; "thread tape"; "thread film"
      • remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string; "She had her eyebrows threaded"
      • 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"
      • the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together
      • any long object resembling a thin line
      • thread on or as if on a string
      • pass through or into
      • remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string
      • pass a thread through
      • to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course

    Synonyms for the word thread

      • meander
      • ribbon
      • screw thread
      • string
      • train of thought
      • weave
      • wind
      • yarn

    Meronymys for the word thread

      • screw

    Hyponyms for the word thread

      • bead
      • blade
      • cotton
      • dental floss
      • filling
      • floss
      • Lastex
      • ligature
      • metallic
      • nap
      • pick
      • pile
      • purl
      • snake
      • suture
      • tinsel
      • warp
      • weft
      • wire
      • woof
      • worsted
      • worsted yarn

    Hypernyms for the word thread

      • arrange
      • cerebration
      • cord
      • draw
      • draw out
      • extract
      • go
      • guide
      • intellection
      • locomote
      • mentation
      • move
      • object
      • pass
      • physical object
      • pull
      • pull out
      • pull up
      • rib
      • run
      • set up
      • take out
      • thinking
      • thought
      • thought process
      • travel

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