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T0182900 (thrĕd)n.1. a. 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.b. A piece of such cord.2. a. A thin strand, cord, or filament of natural or manufactured material.b. Something that suggests the fineness or thinness of such a strand, cord, or filament: a thread of smoke.c. Something that suggests the continuousness of such a strand, cord, or filament: lost the thread of his argument.3. A helical or spiral ridge on a screw, nut, or bolt.4. Computers a. A portion of a program that can run independently of and concurrently with other portions of the program.b. A set of posts on a newsgroup, composed of an initial post about a topic and all responses to it.5. threads Slang Clothes.v. thread·ed, thread·ing, threads v.tr.1. a. To pass one end of a thread through the eye of (a needle, for example).b. To pass (something) through in the manner of a thread: thread the wire through the opening.c. To pass a tape or film into or through (a device): thread a film projector.d. To pass (a tape or film) into or through a device.2. To connect by running a thread through; string: thread beads.3. Sports To throw or send (a pass) though a heavily defended area to a teammate.4. a. To make one's way cautiously through: threading dark alleys.b. To make (one's way) cautiously through something.5. To occur here and there throughout; pervade: "More than 90 geologic faults thread the Los Angeles area" (Science News).6. To machine a thread on (a screw, nut, or bolt).7. To remove (body hair) by using a looped thread that has been wound tightly in the middle.v.intr.1. To make one's way cautiously: threaded through the shoals and sandbars.2. To proceed by a winding course.3. To form a thread when dropped from a spoon, as boiling sugar syrup.

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[Middle English, from Old English thrǣd; see terə- in Indo-European roots.]

threads

(θrɛdz) pl n (Clothing & Fashion) a slang word for clothes

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threads - informal terms for clothing duds, togsarticle of clothing, clothing, habiliment, wearable, vesture, wear - a covering designed to be worn on a person's bodyplural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one