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Thread (noun)
A long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in weaving or in the construction of string.
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Thread (noun)
A continued theme or idea.
“All of these essays have a common thread.”
“I’ve lost the thread of what you’re saying.”
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Thread (noun)
A screw thread.
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Thread (noun)
A sequence of connections.
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Thread (noun)
The line midway between the banks of a stream.
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Thread (noun)
A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
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Thread (noun)
A series of messages, generally grouped by subject, in which all messages except the first are replies to previous messages in the thread.
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Thread (noun)
A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark.
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Thread (noun)
Composition; quality; fineness.
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Thread (verb)
To put thread through.
“thread a needle”
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Thread (verb)
To pass (through a narrow constriction or around a series of obstacles).
“I think I can thread my way through here, but it’s going to be tight.”
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Thread (verb)
To threads of a nut on a bolt
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Process (noun)
A series of events which produce a result, especially as contrasted to product.
“This product of last month’s quality standards committee is quite good, even though the process was flawed.”
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Process (noun)
A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical industries.
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Process (noun)
A path of succession of states through which a system passes.
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Process (noun)
Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
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Process (noun)
Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.
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Process (noun)
An outgrowth of tissue or cell.
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Process (noun)
A structure that arises above a surface.
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Process (noun)
A executing.
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Process (verb)
to perform a particular process on a thing
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Process (verb)
to retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques.
“We have processed the data using our proven techniques, and have come to the following conclusions.”
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Process (verb)
to think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.
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Process (verb)
To walk in a procession.