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Meaning:

Noun:

  • The line midway between the banks of a stream.
  • A helical ridge or groove, as on a screw.
  • A long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in weaving or in the construction of string.
  • A theme or idea.
  • computing A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, generally expected to share memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
  • internet A series of messages, generally grouped by subject, all but the first replies to previous messages in the thread.

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Verb:

  • transitive To pass (through a narrow constriction or around a series of obstacles).
  • transitive To put thread through.

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