Main Entry: <SUP>1</SUP>thread
Pronunciation: <TT>'thred</TT>
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English thred, from Old English thr[AE]d; akin to Old High German drAt wire, Old English thrAwan to cause to twist or turn -- more at [size=-1]THROW[/size]
1 a : a filament, a group of filaments twisted together, or a filamentous length formed by spinning and twisting short textile fibers into a continuous strand b : a piece of thread
2 a : any of various natural filaments <the threads of a spiderweb> b : a slender stream (as of water) c : a streak of light or color d : a projecting helical rib (as in a fitting or on a pipe) by which parts can be screwed together : [size=-1]SCREW THREAD[/size]
3 : something continuous or drawn out: as a : a train of thought b : a continuing element <a thread of melancholy marked all his writing>
4 : a tenuous or feeble support
5 plural : [size=-1]CLOTHING[/size]
Pronunciation: <TT>'thred</TT>
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English thred, from Old English thr[AE]d; akin to Old High German drAt wire, Old English thrAwan to cause to twist or turn -- more at [size=-1]THROW[/size]
1 a : a filament, a group of filaments twisted together, or a filamentous length formed by spinning and twisting short textile fibers into a continuous strand b : a piece of thread
2 a : any of various natural filaments <the threads of a spiderweb> b : a slender stream (as of water) c : a streak of light or color d : a projecting helical rib (as in a fitting or on a pipe) by which parts can be screwed together : [size=-1]SCREW THREAD[/size]
3 : something continuous or drawn out: as a : a train of thought b : a continuing element <a thread of melancholy marked all his writing>
4 : a tenuous or feeble support
5 plural : [size=-1]CLOTHING[/size]