Meaning

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

    Faden, Garn, Zwirn

    нитьnitʹ, ни́ткаnítka

    ни́ткаnýtka

  2. 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. A screw thread.

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

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

    A line of reasoning, sequence of ideas, or train of thought.

    I’ve lost the thread of what you’re saying.

  9. A continuing theme that modifies the whole discourse.

    All of these essays have a common thread.

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

    Thread

    пото́кpotók, тредtrɛd

  11. (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.

    Thema, roter Faden, Faden

    те́маtéma, нитьnitʹ, мысльmyslʹ

  12. A sequence of connections.

    Gedankenfluss, Gedankenstrom, Zusammenhang

    нитьnitʹ, связьsvjazʹ

More definitions
  • a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
  • the raised helical rib going around a screw
  • the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together
  • any long object resembling a thin line

Examples

121 sentences
  1. Let me thread the needle for you.

    Дай-но я допоможу тобі вставити голку в нитку.

    ruПозвольте, я вдену вам нитку в иголку.

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  2. Which is better, red thread or white thread?

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  3. Which would be better, red thread or white thread?

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  4. This thread isn't good.

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  5. Please thread this needle for me.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
long, thin and flexible form of material:
Русский
By meaning 5
long, thin and flexible form of material:
(computing) a unit of execution:
a theme or idea — see also common thread:
(Internet) a series of messages:
a sequence of connection:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
long, thin and flexible form of material:
(computing) a unit of execution:
a theme or idea — see also common thread:
(Internet) a series of messages:
a sequence of connection:

Origin

From Middle English thred, þred, threed, from Old English þrǣd, from Proto-Germanic *þrēdu

From Middle English thred, þred, threed, from Old English þrǣd, from Proto-Germanic *þrēduz, from Proto-Indo-European *treh₁-tu-s, from *terh₁- (“rub, twist”).

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Forms

plural: threads
Singularthread
Pluralthreads

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving:yarn
  • the raised helical rib going around a screw:screw thread
  • the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together:train of thought
  • any long object resembling a thin line:ribbon

Word family

62 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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