thread

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /θrɛd/
• SAMPA: /TrEd/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

Singular thread

Plural threads

Thread

1. (countable) A thread is a long, very thin, soft material used to join or make cloth.

   She pushed the thread through the hole in the needle.

   There were loose threads at the bottom of his pants.

2. (countable) (computing) A thread is a process.
3. (countable) (computing) A thread is a group of messages from a discussion on an Internet forum.
4. (countable) A thread is a structure that allows a screw to be fastened.

Verb

Plain form thread

Third-person singular threads

Past tense threaded

Past participle threaded

Present participle threading

1. (transitive) If you thread something, then you make a string or thread out of it.

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