Thread | Mean of thread in English Dictionary

/ˈθrɛd/

• Noun
• a long, thin piece of cotton, silk, etc., used for sewing
1. a spool of thread
2. A thread was hanging from the hem of her coat.
• a long, thin line of something
1. A slender thread of smoke rose up from the chimney.
• the raised line that winds around a screw

• an idea, feeling, etc., that connects the different parts of something (such as a story)
1. The stories share a common thread.
2. A thread of self-pity runs through his autobiography.
3. I lost the thread of the plot long before the story ended.
4. I found it hard to follow the thread of the conversation.
• a series of related messages that are written on an Internet message board
1. If you want to discuss a different subject, you should start a new thread.
• to begin something again after a long time
1. I'm hoping to pick up the threads of our relationship.
• Verb
• to put a thread, string, rope, etc., through a hole in something
1. thread a needle
2. She threaded her shoelace through the holes.
3. thread a pipe with wire = thread a wire through a pipe
• to put (film or tape) into a movie camera, tape recorder, etc., so that it is ready to be used
1. thread film through a camera
• to move forward by turning and going through narrow spaces
1. They had to thread their way through the crowd.
2. Waiters threaded through the crowd.
3. a river that threads through narrow valleys
• to put (something) on a thread
1. thread beads