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A Thread

  1. A long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in sewing, weaving or in the construction of string.
  2. A continued theme or idea.

Synonym: topic

  1. (engineering) A screw thread.
  2. A sequence of connections.
  3. The line midway between the banks of a stream.
  4. (computing) A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
  5. (Internet) A series of messages, generally grouped by subject, in which all messages except the first are replies to previous messages in the thread.
  6. A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark.
  7. (figuratively) Composition; quality; fineness