thread

[[t]θrɛd[/t]]

n.

1) tex a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, esp. when composed of two or more filaments twisted together

2) tex twisted filaments or fibers of any kind used for sewing

3) tex (loosely) yarn or a piece of yarn used in weaving or knitting

4) a filament or fiber of glass or other ductile substance

5) tex navig.

yarn 3)

6) something having the fineness of a filament, as a thin continuous stream of liquid, a thin line of color, or a thin seam of ore

7) bui the helical ridge of a screw

8) something that runs through the whole course of a thing, connecting successive parts:

I lost the thread of the story[/ex]

9) cmp cmp a series of posts on a newsgroup dealing with the same subject

10) the course of life, as fabled to be spun, measured, and cut by the Fates

11) cvb sts threads, Slang. clothes

12) to pass the end of a thread through the eye of (a needle)

13) to fix (beads, pearls, etc.) upon a thread that is passed through; string

14) to pass (tape, film, etc.) through or into a narrow opening

15) to interweave or ornament with threads:

silk threaded with gold[/ex]

16) to pass continuously through the whole course of; pervade

17) to make (one's way), as past or around obstacles or through a passage:

He threaded his way through the crowd[/ex]

18) to form a thread on or in (a bolt, hole, etc.)

19) tex to place and arrange thread, yarn, etc., in position on (a sewing machine, loom, textile machine, etc.)

20) to thread one's way

21) to move in a threadlike course; wind or twine

22) coo (of boiling syrup) to form a fine thread when poured from a spoon

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Etymology: bef. 900; (n.) ME threed, OE thrǣd, c. OS thrād, OHG drāt, ON thrathr; akin to throw