thread
Pronunciation
[change]Noun
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- 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.
- (computing) A thread is a process.
- (computing) A thread is a group of messages from a discussion on an Internet forum.
- A thread is a structure that allows a screw to be fastened.
Verb
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Third-person singular |
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- If you thread something, then you make a string or thread out of it.