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Editorial note

This thread is bringing the worst of Hacker News out of the woodwork.

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Quick take

a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of thread gathered in one view.

noun

a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving

noun

any long object resembling a thin line; "a mere ribbon of land"; "the lighted ribbon of traffic"; "from the air the road was a grey thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed upward"

noun

the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together; "I couldn't follow his train of thought"; "he lost the thread of his argument"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for thread.

noun

a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving

noun

any long object resembling a thin line; "a mere ribbon of land"; "the lighted ribbon of traffic"; "from the air the road was a grey thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed upward"

noun

the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together; "I couldn't follow his train of thought"; "he lost the thread of his argument"

noun

the raised helical rib going around a screw

verb

to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"

verb

pass a thread through; "thread a needle"

verb

remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string; "She had her eyebrows threaded"

verb

pass through or into; "thread tape"; "thread film"

verb

thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"

Example sentences

This thread is bringing the worst of Hacker News out of the woodwork.

Has even one person commenting on this thread installed it except me?

In that particular thread, I was accused of being a shill and an astroturfer by 3 members.

That comment or couple of comments and their resulting threads are going to make sure very few people ever read what I've written.

Also, the original title of this thread was about a thousand times more informative.

I'm sorry, but the ignorance expressed in this thread by some is absolutely astounding.

I think that not having points has some nice qualities, but it also feels like I'm being denied information that I find useful in reading/skimming a thread.

Restart supervision didn't always help b/c sometimes it would throw some assertion that would bail out a critical thread, but the process would stay running.

If we really cared about benchmark performance over anything else we would have dealt with the locking issues earlier so multi-threaded benchmarks would be better.

If not, commenting on a several-day-old thread will guarantee that you can never post another comment, since once threads drop off the front page it's not likely that many 1000+ karma users will even see those comments, never mind endorse them.

It would be humorously appropriate if the top comment on the thread about the official HN t-shirt were the traditional nitpicking/point-missing type that is so commonly the top comment when people launch new technology here.