Definitions of thread:

• noun:   a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
• noun:   the raised helical rib going around a screw
• noun:   the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together

  Example: "He lost the thread of his argument"

• noun:   any long object resembling a thin line

  Example: "From the air the road was a gray thread"

• verb:   pass through or into

  Example: "Thread tape"

• verb:   remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string

  Example: "She had her eyebrows threaded"

• verb:   pass a thread through

  Example: "Thread a needle"

• verb:   thread on or as if on a string

  Example: "Thread dried cranberries"

• verb:   to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course