The noun thread has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (4) thread, yarn -- (a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving)
2. ribbon, thread -- (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")
3. train of thought, thread -- (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")
4. screw thread, thread -- (the raised helical rib going around a screw)
Overview of verb thread
The verb thread has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (3) weave, wind, thread, meander, wander -- (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")
2. (3) thread -- (pass a thread through; "thread a needle")
3. thread -- (remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string; "She had her eyebrows threaded")
4. thread -- (pass through or into; "thread tape"; "thread film")
5. string, thread, draw -- (thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries")