Thread

What do we mean by thread?

Fine cord of a fibrous material, such as cotton or flax, made of two or more filaments twisted together and used in needlework and the weaving of cloth. noun

A piece of such cord. noun

A thin strand, cord, or filament of natural or manufactured material. noun

Something that suggests the fineness or thinness of such a strand, cord, or filament. noun

Something that suggests the continuousness of such a strand, cord, or filament. noun

A helical or spiral ridge on a screw, nut, or bolt. noun

A portion of a program that can run independently of and concurrently with other portions of the program. noun

A set of posts on a newsgroup, composed of an initial post about a topic and all responses to it. noun

Clothes. noun

To pass one end of a thread through the eye of (a needle, for example). intransitive verb

To pass (something) through in the manner of a thread. intransitive verb

To pass a tape or film into or through (a device). intransitive verb

To pass (a tape or film) into or through a device. intransitive verb

To connect by running a thread through; string. intransitive verb

To throw or send (a pass) though a heavily defended area to a teammate. intransitive verb

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

A continued theme or idea.

A screw thread.

A sequence of connections.

The line midway between the banks of a stream.

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

A series of messages, generally grouped by subject, in which all messages except the first are replies to previous messages in the thread.

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

Composition; quality; fineness.

On a message board, the inside of a topic revealing all the messages. Urban Dictionary

A boy/girl who is to afraid to talk to the opposite sex about out of school activities. The thread group is a confidence booster for those who don't talk to the opposite sex and provides a sense of camaraderie/fraternity among other threads. A term associated with threads is thread shock. Thread shock is defined as the condition in which a person is too stunned to talk to the opposite gender that he/she doesn't reply. The hierarchy of threads is as follows from top to bottom: Thread Founder, Thread God, Thread Prophet, Thread Legacy (in the case that you are related to a former thread member), and Thread Star. The secret handshake of the Thread is fist-pounding yourself or high-fiving yourself after someone else high-fives or fist-pounds you, which serves as a symbol for the elevated sense of confidence one receives when among other threads. Urban Dictionary

Another word for cocaine. Etymology: a line of cocaine resembles a piece of white thread Urban Dictionary

I swear im not aware of my meanness! Urban Dictionary

Sort of like a blog on a forum, except where a blog is more about the person who wrote it, a thread is more open to discussion on a topic. Urban Dictionary

The annoying alternative one uses on a forum instead of using "topic". The only forum software known to man that uses "thread" is VBulletin. Urban Dictionary

1> top notch; high quality 2> own Urban Dictionary

A really small dick. Urban Dictionary

Since the late 1800s, competitive threading has been an important part of the yarndling fraternity. Marks are awarded for artistic kedding, skilful use of the verricule holder and overall 'authenticity of purpose'. The Tasmanian branch of the Yarndling Association in Hobart, Tasmania is a particularly strong contender in the Antipodean regionals, citing "fun, tempered with social responsibility" as their watchword. Urban Dictionary

This gets used on messageboards / forums to signify that the previous post (or a post that has been quoted) is either of such high standard / very useful and answers the question of the original post / owns someone that the thread cannot possibly contain any post that's better. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to thread:
thread, tread, threat, threap, threed.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word thread:
threads, weft, bobbin, threaded, yarn, embroidery, stitches, stitch, screw, warp, loom, sewing, nut, needle, woven, synchronization, lace, beads, weaving, queue, linen, silk, fabric, cloth, cpu, kernel, spinning, spun, processor, execute, inch, bolt, pitch, wool, diameter, execution, cotton, metric, lock, spider, angle, fiber, pipe, priority, iso, tape, worn, shuttle, wire, instructions, java, tied, wait, cutting, seal, switch, waiting, forum, tasks, variable, loop, patterns, user, instruction, ceremony, hardware, string, hole, attached, machine, memory.

Words that rhyme with thread:
read, lead, head, red, bed, spread, shed, tread, led, bread, dead, ahead, dread, embed, overhead, pled, watershed, said, wed, instead, ed, stead, shred, widespread, shead, bulkhead, med, aforesaid, sled, fed, ted, homestead, spearhead, misread, retread, ged, infrared, bled, coed, egghead, imbed, abed, misled, bred, fred, sped, inbred, zed, figurehead, thoroughbred, hotbed, deadhead, blockhead, beachhead, ned, masthead, warhead, airhead, letterhead, bobsled, behead, loggerhead, fled, redhead, bedspread, godhead, whitehead, arrowhead, gingerbread, bridgehead, copperhead, bloodshed, bullhead, riverbed, seabed, dred, pwned, redd, deathbed, go ahead, flathead, skinhead, woodshed, newlywed, wellhead, purebred, flatbed, farmstead, featherbed, shithead, unwed, swed, roundhead, butthead, freda, trailhead, reade, cornbread, drumhead, steelhead.

Adjectives that are often used to describe thread:
common, single, sacred, fine, golden, red, slender, white, thin, main, black, strong, long, silken, continuous, double, current, coarse, invisible, separate, scarlet, central, blue, loose, unifying, screw, colored, heavy, broken, hand, waxed, mere, metallic, internal, gold, spun, thick, twisted, dark, coloured, tiny, delicate, yellow, green, spiral, external, elastic, standard, bright, connecting, sinew, consistent, unbroken, dry, tenuous, finest, brown, slight, finer, fragile, narrow, crimson, drawn, straight, stout, holy, tangled, frail, priority.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective thread:
worms, worm, specific, cutting, needle, safe, level, based, local, series, milling, winder, street, unsafe, talk, soul, forming, nomenclature, fin, leaved, making, legged, bare, cutters, cross, rubber, modular, cells, waisted.

Consonant match to thread:
thrid.

Words that sound like thread:
thread, thrid, threat, throwed, throat, third, threads, thready, threatt, thered, threet, threader, thirled, the head, thorite, the red, oread, aread, fred, tread, tred, freda, thud, thrilled, thra, thrummed, orad, orid, ohrid, through, three, throw, thirst, threw, thru, threats, thorough, thrived, crud, arid, cred, 3d, thro, thresh, thyroid, thawed, thurst, thoreau, throe, trad, thad, throbbed, throned, 3-d, thod, thet, trid, arod, crid, frid, thronged, three-d, throwe, thralled, threshed, theroux, thurgood, the hood, frud, thode, the road, thri, theyd, thraw, threst, theed, thiede, irid, thighed, mred, the ride, three d, irad, thewed, arad, girod, cried, creed, croud, corrode, caret, crad, cread, air head, crewed, a-rod, crede, a rod, corrade, a road.