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A cord formed by spinning or twisting together textile fibers or filaments into one or more continuous strands, typically used in needlework. +

(weaving) A piece of yarn, especially said of warps and wefts in a woven fabric.

Any of various natural (as spiderweb, etc.) or manufactured filaments (as glass, plastic, metal, etc.).

A slender stream of water.

The line midway between the banks of a stream.

(engineering) A screw thread.

The continuing course of life; the thread of life.

An ordered course, that which connects the successive points in a discourse.

A line of reasoning, sequence of ideas, or train of thought.

A continuing theme that modifies the whole discourse.

(computing) A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.

(Q1634115)(Internet) 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.

A sequence of connections.

A precarious condition; something that which offers no real or otherwise perceived security.

(obsolete) The degree of fineness; quality; nature.

(pass a thread) To pass a thread through the eye of a needle.

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

(figurative) To make one's way through or between (a constriction or obstacles).

To cautiously make (one's way) through a precarious place or situation.

(figurative) To pass through; to pierce through; to penetrate.

To interweave as if with thread; to intersperse.

To form a screw thread on or in (a bolt, hole, etc.).

(remove facial hair) To remove (facial hair) by way of a looped thread that is tightly wound in the middle.

To feed (a sewing machine or otherwise a projecting or exposing mechanism, such as a projector, a camera, etc.) with film. (:up)

To pass (a film or tape) through a projector, recorder, etc. so as to correct its path.

Of boiling syrup: To form a threadlike stream when poured from a spoon.