Pass a thread through the eye of (a needle) or through the needle and guides of (a sewing machine)

Pass (a long, thin object or piece of material) through something and into the required position for use

• - he threaded the rope through a pulley

Move carefully or skillfully in and out of obstacles

• - she threaded her way through the tables

Interweave or intersperse as if with threads

• - his hair had become ill-kempt and threaded with gray

Put (beads, chunks of food, or other small objects) together or singly on a thread, chain, or skewer that runs through the center of each one

• - Connie sat threading beads

Cut a screw thread in or on (a hole, screw, or other object)

A long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibers used in sewing or weaving

Cotton, nylon, or other fibers spun into long, thin strands and used for sewing

Clothes

A thing resembling a thread in length or thinness, in particular

A long, thin line or piece of something

• - the river was a thread of silver below them

Something abstract or intangible, regarded as weak or fragile

• - keeping the tenuous thread of life attached to a dying body

A theme or characteristic, typically forming one of several, running throughout a situation or piece of writing

• - a common thread running through the scandals was the failure to conduct audits

A group of linked messages posted on the Internet that share a common subject or theme

A programming structure or process formed by linking a number of separate elements or subroutines, esp. each of the tasks executed concurrently in multithreading

A helical ridge on the outside of a screw, bolt, etc., or on the inside of a cylindrical hole, to allow two parts to be screwed together