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thread

noun · verb · 34 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈθɹɛd/
  • [ˈθɹwɛd]
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  • rhymes with -ɛd
  • CMU ARPABET: TH R EH1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: string

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A piece of yarn, especially said of warps and wefts in a woven fabric.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles, weaving

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any of various natural (as spiderweb, etc.) or manufactured filaments (as glass, plastic, metal, etc.).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • the threads of a spiderweb

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A slender stream of water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a thread of water

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The line midway between the banks of a stream.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A screw thread.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

The continuing course of life; the thread of life.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

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

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

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

A continuing theme that modifies the whole discourse.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • All of these essays have a common thread.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: topic

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

A sequence of connections.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

A precarious condition; something that which offers no real or otherwise perceived security.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a life hanging by a thread

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

The degree of fineness; quality; nature.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

verb

Meaning 15

To pass a thread through the eye of a needle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

verb

Meaning 16

To fix (beads, pearls, etc.) upon a thread that is passed through; to string.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

verb

Meaning 17

To make one's way through or between (a constriction or obstacles).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, transitive

Examples

  • to thread through narrow passages
  • I think I can thread my way through here, but it’s going to be tight.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

verb

Meaning 18

To make one's way through or between (a constriction or obstacles).

To cautiously make (one's way) through a precarious place or situation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, transitive

Examples

  • He threaded his way through legal entanglements.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

verb

Meaning 19

To pass through; to pierce through; to penetrate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

verb

Meaning 20

To interweave as if with thread; to intersperse.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

verb

Meaning 21

To form a screw thread on or in (a bolt, hole, etc.).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Coordinate term: tap
  • to thread a bolt

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

verb

Meaning 22

To remove (facial hair) by way of a looped thread that is tightly wound in the middle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive

Examples

  • to thread your eyebrows and trim them

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

23

verb

Meaning 23

To feed (a sewing machine or otherwise a projecting or exposing mechanism, such as a projector, a camera, etc.) with film.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

24

verb

Meaning 24

To pass (a film or tape) through a projector, recorder, etc. so as to correct its path.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

25

verb

Meaning 25

Of boiling syrup: To form a threadlike stream when poured from a spoon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

26

noun

Meaning 26

the raised helical rib going around a screw

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: screw thread

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rib

27

noun

Meaning 27

a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: yarn

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cord

Narrower terms: cotton, dental floss, floss, Lastex, ligature, metallic, pile, nap, purl, suture, tinsel, warp, woof, weft, filling, pick, worsted, worsted yarn

28

noun

Meaning 28

the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I couldn't follow his train of thought
  • he lost the thread of his argument

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: train of thought

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation

29

noun

Meaning 29

any long object resembling a thin line

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a mere ribbon of land
  • the lighted ribbon of traffic
  • from the air the road was a grey thread
  • a thread of smoke climbed upward

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ribbon

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: object, physical object

Narrower terms: blade

30

verb

Meaning 30

thread on or as if on a string

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • string pearls on a string
  • the child drew glass beads on a string
  • thread dried cranberries

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: string, draw

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: arrange, set up

Narrower terms: bead, wire

31

verb

Meaning 31

pass through or into

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • thread tape
  • thread film

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: guide, run, draw, pass

32

verb

Meaning 32

remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She had her eyebrows threaded

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out

33

verb

Meaning 33

pass a thread through

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • thread a needle

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: guide, run, draw, pass

34

verb

Meaning 34

to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the river winds through the hills
  • the path meanders through the vineyards
  • sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: weave, wind, meander, wander

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: travel, go, move, locomote

Narrower terms: snake

History

Etymology

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”). Cognates Cognate with Yola dreade (“thread”), Saterland Frisian Träid (“thread, wire”), Cimbrian draat (“string, thread”), Dutch draad (“thread, wire”), German Draht (“thread, wire”), Luxembourgish Drot (“wire”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish tråd (“thread, wire”), Faroese tráður (“thread”), Icelandic þráður (“thread”). Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian dredh (“twist, turn”). More at throw.

Across languages

Translations

405 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: draad — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Albanian: fill — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Albanian: pe — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Albanian: nus — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Southern Altai: јип (ǰip) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Arabic: خَيْط (ḵayṭ) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Arabic: خيط (ḵēṭ) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Arabic: خيط (ḵēṭ) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Armenian: թել (tʻel) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Aromanian: hir — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Assamese: সূতা (xuta) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Asturian: filu — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Azerbaijani: sap — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Azerbaijani: ip — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Bashkir: еп (yep) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Belarusian: ні́тка (nítka) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Bengali: সূত্র (śutro) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Bhojpuri: 𑂞𑂰𑂏𑂰 (tāgā) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Bhojpuri: 𑂙𑂷𑂩𑂰 (ḍorā) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Bhojpuri: धागा (dhāgā) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Central Bikol: tursido — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Bulgarian: ни́шка (níška) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Bulgarian: коне́ц (konéc) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Burmese: အမျှင် (a.hmyang) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Burmese: အပ်ချည် (aphkyany) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Burmese: ချည် (hkyany) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Cahuilla: 'iilu — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Catalan: fil — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Chamicuro: kishemolo — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Chechen: тай (taj) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Chinese Cantonese: 線 /线 (sin3) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Chinese Mandarin: 線 /线 (xiàn) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Chuvash: ҫип (śip) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Cornish: linen — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Cornish: neusen — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Cornish: neujen — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Czech: nit — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Czech: vlákno — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Dalmatian: fil — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Danish: tråd — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Central Dusun: banang — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Dutch: draad — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Dutch: garen — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Erzya: суре (sure) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Esperanto: fadeno — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Estonian: lõng — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Estonian: niit — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Even: томкача (tomkaca) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Evenki: томко (tomko) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Faroese: tráður — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Finnish: lanka — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Finnish: rihma — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Finnish: kuitu — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Finnish: säie — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • French: fil — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Friulian: fîl — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Galician: fío — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Galician: fiaño — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Galician: liña — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Georgian: ძაფი (ʒapi) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • German: Faden — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • German: Garn — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • German: Zwirn — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • German: Nähgarn — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • German: Strang — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Greek: νήμα (níma) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Greek: κλωστή (klostí) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Ancient Greek: νῆμα (nêma) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Ancient Greek: μίτος (mítos) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Hawaiian: hilo — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Hawaiian: lopi — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Hawaiian: awe — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Hawaiian: maʻawe — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Hebrew: חוּט (khut) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Hindi: धागा (dhāgā) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Hindi: सूत (sūt) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Hindi: सूत्र (sūtra) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Hindi: तंत (tant) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Hindi: तन्तु (tantu) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Hindi: तागा (tāgā) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Hindi: ताँत (tā̃t) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Hindi: डोर (ḍor) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Hindi: डोरी (ḍorī) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Hungarian: cérna — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Icelandic: þráður — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Ilocano: sinulid — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Indonesian: benang — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Ingrian: rihma — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Ingush: тай (taj) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Irish: snáth — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Irish: snáithe — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Italian: filo — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Italian: refe — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Japanese: 糸 (ito) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Jarai: mrai — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Kalmyk: эрәсн (eräsn) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Kapampangan: sinulad — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Kashmiri: پَن (pan) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Kashmiri: سٕتھٕر (sụthụr) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Kazakh: жіп (jıp) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Khmer: ចេស (ceeh) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Khmer: តង្ករ (tɑngkɑɑ) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Khmer: អំបោះ (ʼɑmbɑh) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Korean: 실 (sil) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Kunigami: 糸 (hichū) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Central Kurdish: دەزوو (dezû) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Central Kurdish: داو (daw) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Northern Kurdish: dezî — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Northern Kurdish: dav — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Kyrgyz: жип (jip) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Lao: ດ້າຽ (dāi) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Lao: ດ້າຍ (dāi) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Lao: ເຊືອກ (sư̄ak) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Latgalian: dīgs — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Latin: fīlum — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Latvian: diegs — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Lingala: busi — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Lithuanian: siūlas — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Livonian: lānga — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Macedonian: нишка (niška) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Macedonian: конец (konec) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Magahi: 𑂞𑂰𑂏𑂰 (tāgā) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Maithili: ताग (tāg) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Maithili: डोर (ḍōr) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Malay: benang — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Malayalam: നൂല് (nūlŭ) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Maltese: ħajt — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Manchu: ᡨᠣᠩᡤᠣ (tonggo) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Māori: miro — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Māori: taura — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Māori: tui — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Eastern Mari: шӱртӧ (šürtö) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Mongolian: утас (utas) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tråd — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Nuosu: ꑟ (xi) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Occitan: fil — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Old English: þrǣd — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Pangasinan: daramey — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Pangasinan: tinebey — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Pannonian Rusyn: нїтка (njitka) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Pashto: نخ (nax) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Pela: khjaŋ55 — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Iranian Persian: نَخ (nax) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Iranian Persian: رِشْتِه (rešte) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Plautdietsch: Drot — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Polish: nić — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Polish: nitka — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Portuguese: fio — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Portuguese: linha — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Portuguese: barbante — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Quechua: q'aytu — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Romanian: fir — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Romanian: tort — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Romanian: ață — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Russian: нить (nitʹ) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Russian: ни́тка (nítka) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Inari-Sami: árppu — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Northern Sami: árpu — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Skolt-Sami: ärpp — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Samoan: filo — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Sanskrit: तन्तु (tántu) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Sanskrit: अंशु (aṃśu) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Scottish Gaelic: stìom — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Serbo-Croatian: ни̑т — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Serbo-Croatian: nȋt — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Sikkimese: སྐུད་མི (skud mi) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Sinhalese: නූල් (nūl) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Slovak: niť — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Slovak: nitka — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Slovak: vlákno — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Slovene: nit — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Lower Sorbian: niś — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Upper Sorbian: nić — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Spanish: hilo — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Spanish: bouclé (buclé) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Spanish: buclé — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Spanish: hilaracha — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Spanish: filástica — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Spanish: madeja — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Sudovian: shūta — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Swahili: uzi — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Swedish: tråd — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Tagalog: sinulid — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Tahitian: tuaina — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Tahitian: uaua — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Tajik: ришта (rišta) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Tajik: нах (nax) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Tatar: җеп (cep) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Telugu: దారము (dāramu) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Thai: ด้าย (dâai) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Thai: เชือก (chʉ̂ʉak) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Thai: ใย (yai) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Tibetan: སྐུད་པ (skud pa) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Tigrinya: ፈትሊ (fätli) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Tocharian B: ñare — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Tongan: filo — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Turkish: iplik — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Ottoman Turkish: ایپلك (iplik) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Turkmen: ýüp — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Udmurt: нюжа (ńuža) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Ukrainian: ни́тка (nýtka) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Urdu: دھاگا (dhāgā) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Urdu: رِشْتَہ (riśta) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Urdu: نَخ (nax) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Uyghur: يىپ (yip) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Uzbek: ip — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Vietnamese: chỉ — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Võro: niit' — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Waray-Waray: inulang — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Welsh: edau — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Welsh: edefyn — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Woiwurrung: birrip — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Yakut: сап (sap) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Yiddish: פֿאָדעם (fodem) — long, thin and flexible form of material
  • Bulgarian: те́ма (téma) — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • Bulgarian: ни́шка (níška) — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • Catalan: fil conductor — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • Catalan: fil roig — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • Dutch: onderwerp — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • Dutch: rode draad — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • Finnish: juoni — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • Finnish: lanka — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • Finnish: teema — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • Finnish: johtoajatus — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • French: fil — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • German: Thema — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • German: roter Faden — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • German: Faden — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • Greek: θέμα (théma) — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • Hungarian: fonál — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • Hungarian: vezérfonal — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • Hungarian: motívum — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • Hungarian: téma — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • Irish: snáithe — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • Italian: filo — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • Italian: filo conduttore — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • Malay: aliran — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • Malay: urutan — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • Occitan: fil — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • Polish: wątek — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • Portuguese: fio da meada — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • Portuguese: tópico — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • Russian: те́ма (téma) — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • Russian: нить (nitʹ) — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • Russian: мысль (myslʹ) — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • Serbo-Croatian: ни̑т — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • Serbo-Croatian: nȋt — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • Slovene: nit — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • Spanish: tema — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • Spanish: argumento — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • Swedish: tråd — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • Swedish: tema — a theme or idea — see also common thread
  • Finnish: ketju — a sequence of connection
  • Finnish: säie — a sequence of connection
  • French: fil — a sequence of connection
  • German: Gedankenfluss — a sequence of connection
  • German: Gedankenstrom — a sequence of connection
  • German: Zusammenhang — a sequence of connection
  • German: Strom — a sequence of connection
  • German: Fluß — a sequence of connection
  • Hungarian: fonál — a sequence of connection
  • Hungarian: összefüggés — a sequence of connection
  • Irish: snáithe — a sequence of connection
  • Russian: нить (nitʹ) — a sequence of connection
  • Russian: связь (svjazʹ) — a sequence of connection
  • Spanish: hilazón — a sequence of connection
  • Bulgarian: ни́шка (níška) — (computing) a unit of execution
  • Chinese Mandarin: 分身 (fēnshēn) — (computing) a unit of execution
  • Chinese Mandarin: 線 /线 (xiàn) — (computing) a unit of execution
  • Chinese Mandarin: 線程 /线程 (xiànchéng) — (computing) a unit of execution
  • Czech: vlákno — (computing) a unit of execution
  • Dutch: thread — (computing) a unit of execution
  • Finnish: säie — (computing) a unit of execution
  • French: processus léger — (computing) a unit of execution
  • French: exétron — (computing) a unit of execution
  • German: Thread — (computing) a unit of execution
  • Hebrew: תהליכון (tahalikhón) — (computing) a unit of execution
  • Hebrew: תת־תהליך (tat-tahalíkh) — (computing) a unit of execution
  • Hebrew: חוּט (ḥut) — (computing) a unit of execution
  • Japanese: スレッド (sureddo) — (computing) a unit of execution
  • Japanese: ライトウェイトプロセス (raito-purosesu) — (computing) a unit of execution
  • Malay: bebenang — (computing) a unit of execution
  • Polish: wątek — (computing) a unit of execution
  • Portuguese: thread — (computing) a unit of execution
  • Russian: пото́к (potók) — (computing) a unit of execution
  • Russian: тред (trɛd) — (computing) a unit of execution
  • Serbo-Croatian: ни̑т — (computing) a unit of execution
  • Serbo-Croatian: дре̏тва — (computing) a unit of execution
  • Serbo-Croatian: nȋt — (computing) a unit of execution
  • Serbo-Croatian: drȅtva — (computing) a unit of execution
  • Spanish: subproceso — (computing) a unit of execution
  • Spanish: proceso ligero — (computing) a unit of execution
  • Swedish: tråd — (computing) a unit of execution
  • Arabic: مَوْضُوع (mawḍūʕ) — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Bulgarian: те́ма (téma) — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Catalan: fil — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Catalan: tema — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Chinese Mandarin: 主題 /主题 (zhǔtí) — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Chinese Mandarin: 論題 /论题 (lùntí) — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Chinese Mandarin: 話題 /话题 (huàtí) — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Czech: vlákno — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Dutch: topic — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Dutch: onderwerp — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Dutch: draad — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Finnish: viestiketju — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Finnish: ketju — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Finnish: lanka — (Internet) a series of messages
  • French: fil — (Internet) a series of messages
  • French: fil de discussion — (Internet) a series of messages
  • French: enfilade — (Internet) a series of messages
  • German: Diskussionsfaden — (Internet) a series of messages
  • German: Diskussionsstrang — (Internet) a series of messages
  • German: Thread — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Greek: νήμα (níma) — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Hebrew: שִׁרְשׁוּר (shirshúr) — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Hindi: सूत (sūt) — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Hungarian: szál — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Hungarian: téma — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Icelandic: þráður — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Icelandic: spjallþráður — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Irish: snáithe — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Italian: forum — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Japanese: スレッド (sureddo) — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Japanese: スレ (sure) — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Malay: bebenang — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Malay: jaluran — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Malay: rajutan — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Polish: wątek — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Polish: temat — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Portuguese: tópico — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Portuguese: linha de discussão — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Russian: ве́тка (vétka) — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Russian: те́ма (téma) — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Russian: диску́ссия (diskússija) — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Russian: тред (trɛd) — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Russian: то́пик (tópik) — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Serbo-Croatian: ни̑т — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Serbo-Croatian: nȋt — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Slovak: vlákno — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Spanish: hilo — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Spanish: tema — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Spanish: tópico — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Spanish: cadena — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Swedish: tråd — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Thai: กระทู้ (grà-túu) — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Vietnamese: thớt — (Internet) a series of messages
  • Azerbaijani: saplamaq — pass a thread through the eye of a needle
  • Bulgarian: вдя́вам (vdjávam) — pass a thread through the eye of a needle
  • Bulgarian: вдя́на (vdjána) — pass a thread through the eye of a needle
  • Bulgarian: прому́швам (promúšvam) — pass a thread through the eye of a needle
  • Bulgarian: прому́ша (promúša) — pass a thread through the eye of a needle
  • Catalan: enfilar — pass a thread through the eye of a needle
  • Cherokee: ᎦᏌᏁᏅᏛᎥᏍᎦ (gasanenvdvvsga) — pass a thread through the eye of a needle
  • Dutch: bedraden — pass a thread through the eye of a needle
  • Dutch: vessemen — pass a thread through the eye of a needle
  • Finnish: pujottaa — pass a thread through the eye of a needle
  • Finnish: langoittaa — pass a thread through the eye of a needle
  • Galician: enfiar — pass a thread through the eye of a needle
  • German: einfädeln — pass a thread through the eye of a needle
  • Hindi: पिरोना (pironā) — pass a thread through the eye of a needle
  • Icelandic: þræða — pass a thread through the eye of a needle
  • Ingrian: puottaa — pass a thread through the eye of a needle
  • Irish: snáithe a chur — pass a thread through the eye of a needle
  • Italian: infilare — pass a thread through the eye of a needle
  • Māori: tautau — pass a thread through the eye of a needle
  • Māori: kauī — pass a thread through the eye of a needle
  • Māori: tui — pass a thread through the eye of a needle
  • Portuguese: fiar — pass a thread through the eye of a needle
  • Portuguese: enfiar — pass a thread through the eye of a needle
  • Spanish: enhebrar — pass a thread through the eye of a needle
  • Spanish: enjaretar — pass a thread through the eye of a needle
  • Spanish: enhilar — pass a thread through the eye of a needle
  • Spanish: ensartar — pass a thread through the eye of a needle
  • Swedish: trä — pass a thread through the eye of a needle
  • Swedish: träda — pass a thread through the eye of a needle
  • Tày: boóng — pass a thread through the eye of a needle
  • Thai: ร้อย (rɔ́ɔi) — pass a thread through the eye of a needle
  • Ottoman Turkish: دیزمك (dizmek) — pass a thread through the eye of a needle
  • Vietnamese: xỏ — pass a thread through the eye of a needle
  • Vietnamese: xâu — pass a thread through the eye of a needle
  • Bulgarian: прому́швам (promúšvam) — make one's way through or between
  • Bulgarian: прому́ша (promúša) — make one's way through or between
  • Bulgarian: промъ́квам (promǎ́kvam) — make one's way through or between
  • Bulgarian: промъ́кна (promǎ́kna) — make one's way through or between
  • Chinese Mandarin: 穿梭 (chuānsuō) — make one's way through or between
  • Dutch: passeren voorbij gaan — make one's way through or between
  • Finnish: pujotella — make one's way through or between
  • French: filer — make one's way through or between
  • German: passieren — make one's way through or between
  • German: durchkommen — make one's way through or between
  • German: durchfädeln — make one's way through or between
  • German: bahnen — make one's way through or between
  • Portuguese: enfiar — make one's way through or between
  • Spanish: pasar — make one's way through or between
  • Swedish: träda — make one's way through or between
  • Swedish: passera — make one's way through or between
  • Finnish: pujottaa — screw on
  • German: aufschrauben — screw on
  • German: gewindeschneiden — screw on
  • Irish: snáithe a chur — screw on
  • Spanish: enroscar — screw on
  • Swedish: gänga — screw on
  • Swedish: trä — screw on
  • Swedish: träda — screw on
  • Turkish: iple almak — remove hair using a thread
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