thread

Definitions

• 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.
• (engineering) A screw thread.
• A sequence of connections.
• The line midway between the banks of a stream.
• (computing) A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
• (Internet) 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.
• (figurative) Composition; quality; fineness.