Definition of "thread" in Englisch

noun

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

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

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

   • the threads of a spiderweb

4. A slender stream of water.

   • a thread of water

5. The line midway between the banks of a stream.

6. (engineering) A screw thread.

7. The continuing course of life; thread of life.

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

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

10. (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.

11. A sequence of connections.

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

    • a life hanging by a thread

13. (figurative, obsolete) The degree of fineness; quality; nature.

verb

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

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

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

   • to thread through narrow passages
   • I think I can thread my way through here, but it’s going to be tight.

4. (transitive, figurative) To pass through; to pierce through; to penetrate.

5. (transitive) To interweave as if with thread; to intersperse.

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

   • Coordinate term: tap
   • to thread a bolt

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

   • to thread your eyebrows and trim them

8. (ambitransitive) To feed (a sewing machine or otherwise a projecting or exposing mechanism, such as a projector, a camera, etc.) with film. [(usually) with up]

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