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threads

/θɹɛdz//θɾ̪̊ɛdz/

threads is the plural of thread.

threads is the third-person singular simple present indicative of thread.

Meaning of thread

Noun

thread (plural threads)

  1. A cord formed by spinning or twisting together textile fibers or filaments into one or more continuous strands, typically used in needlework.
    • Woolen threads were an occult means, according to the Roman poet Horace, of depriving a person of virility.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 234
    Synonyms:
    string
  2. A piece of yarn, especially said of warps and wefts in a woven fabric.
  3. Any of various natural (as spiderweb, etc.) or manufactured filaments (as glass, plastic, metal, etc.).
    • the threads of a spiderweb
  4. A slender stream of water.
    • a thread of water
  5. The line midway between the banks of a stream.
  6. A screw thread.

See all 25 meanings of thread

Noun

threads pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only, slang) Clothes, clothing.
    • Mark Zuckerberg is revamping his public image with new threads. With a trio of bold shirts worn in recent appearances, he’s communicating that he came, he saw, he conquered and he will win again at any cost.2024 September 28, Blake Montgomery, “Zuckerberg Augustus: Meta’s emperor rebrands in new clothes”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Proper noun capitalized: Threads

Threads

  1. A social media platform developed by Meta, integrated into the fediverse.
    • On the one hand, Threads has a decent chance of becoming a — maybe even the — major new hub for text-based online conversations. Unlike other would-be Twitter rivals Bluesky and Mastodon, Threads arrives with a potential audience of billions who already use Meta’s photo and video-oriented...2023 July 5, Geoffrey A. Fowler, Naomi Nix, “What we love and hate about Threads, Meta’s new Twitter clone”, in Washington Post
    • The point of Meta's Threads app is to read and engage in public conversations. On Threads, users can post a "thread" — usually a short piece of text — and other users can "like," repost, or reply to the thread.2024 April 4, Michelle Mark, “Meta's Threads app: The text-based social media platform from Instagram trying to replace X”, in MSN, archived from the original on 28 May 2024, Business Insider

Origin of threads

From threads.

Words formed from threads

Phrases with threads

11 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with threads

Questions about threads

What does threads mean?
Threads means clothes, clothing.
What is threads the plural of?
Threads is the plural of thread.
What part of speech is threads?
Threads can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce threads?
Threads is pronounced /θɹɛdz/.

Words near threads in the dictionary

  1. threadmill
  2. threadmills
  3. Threadneedle Street
  4. threadpaper
  5. threadpapers
  6. threads
  7. threads of life
  8. threads of thought
  9. threads the needle
  10. threadsafe
  11. threadsnake

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: threads (page history and authors); Threads (page history and authors); thread (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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