Fine cord of a fibrous material, such as cotton or flax, made of two or more filaments twisted together and used in needlework and the weaving of cloth, Something that suggests the fineness or thinness of such a strand, cord, or filament, A helical or spiral ridge on a screw, nut, or bolt, intransitive verb_ To machine a thread on (a screw, nut, or bolt), To remove (body hair) by using a looped thread that has been wound tightly in the middle, To form a thread when dropped from a spoon, as boiling sugar syrup, transitive verb_ To pass a thread through the eye of, To pass or pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect or make, as one's way, through or between obstacles; to thrid