thread - What does it mean?

Noun

(en-noun)

A long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in sewing, weaving or in the construction of string.

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A theme or idea.

A screw thread.

A sequence of connections.

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The line midway between the banks of a stream.

(label) A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, generally expected to share memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.

(label) A series of messages, generally grouped by subject, all but the first replies to previous messages in the thread.

A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark.

(label) Composition; quality; fineness.

* (Ben Jonson) (1572-1637)

A neat courtier, / Of a most elegant thread .