Thread vs. Strand
Threadnoun
A long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in sewing, weaving or in the construction of string.
Threadnoun
A continued theme or idea.
Threadnoun
(engineering) A screw thread.
Threadnoun
A sequence of connections.
Threadnoun
The line midway between the banks of a stream.
Threadnoun
(computing) A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
Threadnoun
(Internet) A series of messages, generally grouped by subject, in which all messages except the first are replies to previous messages in the thread.
Threadnoun
A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark.
Threadnoun
(figurative) Composition; quality; fineness.
Threadverb
(transitive) To put thread through.
Threadverb
(transitive) To pass (through a narrow constriction or around a series of obstacles).
Threadverb
To screw on, to fit the threads of a nut on a bolt
Threadnoun
A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or more single yarns doubled, or joined together, and twisted; also, one fiber of a cord composed of multiple fibers.
Threadnoun
A filament of any substance, as of glass, gold or silver; a filamentous part of an object, such as a flower; a component fiber of any or of any fibrous substance, as of bark.
Threadnoun
The prominent part of the spiral of a screw or nut; the rib. See Screw, n., 1.
Threadnoun
Something continued in a long course or tenor; a recurrent theme or related sequence of events in a larger story; as the thread of a story, or of life, or of a discourse.
Threadnoun
Fig.: Composition; quality; fineness.
Threadnoun
A related sequence of instructions or actions within a program that runs at least in part independent of other actions within the program; - such threads are capable of being executed only in oprating systems permittnig multitasking.
Threadnoun
A sequence of messages posted to an on-line newsgroup or discussion group, dealing with the same topic; - messages in such a thread typically refer to a previous posting, thus allowing their identification as part of the thread. Some news-reading programs allow a user to follow a single such thread independent of the other postings to that newsgroup.
Threadverb
To pass a thread through the eye of; as, to thread a needle.
Threadverb
To pass or pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect or make, as one's way, through or between obstacles; to thrid.
Threadverb
To form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in; as, to thread a screw or nut.
Threadnoun
a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
Threadnoun
any long object resembling a thin line;
Threadnoun
the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together;
Threadnoun
the raised helical rib going around a screw
Threadverb
to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course;
Threadverb
pass a thread through;
Threadverb
remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string;
Threadverb
pass through or into;
Threadverb
thread on or as if on a string;
Strandnoun
Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.
Strandnoun
A string.
Strandnoun
An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.
Strandnoun
(electronics) A group of wires, usually twisted or braided.
Strandnoun
(broadcasting) A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject.
Strandnoun
(figurative) An element in a composite whole; a sequence of linked events or facts; a logical thread.
Strandnoun
(genetics) A nucleotide chain.
Strandverb
(transitive) To break a strand of (a rope).
Strandverb
(transitive) To form by uniting strands.
Strandnoun
One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed.
Strandnoun
The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river.
Strandverb
To break a strand of (a rope).
Strandverb
To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship.
Strandverb
To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water.
Strandnoun
a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole;
Strandnoun
line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable
Strandnoun
a necklace made by a stringing objects together;
Strandnoun
a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
Strandnoun
a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)
Strandnoun
a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels
Strandverb
leave stranded or isolated withe little hope og rescue;
