different between thread vs threap

English

Alternative forms

• thred (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English thred, þred, threed, from Old English þr?d, from Proto-Germanic *þr?duz, from Proto-Indo-European *treh?-tu-s, from *terh?- (“rub, twist”). Cognates with Saterland Frisian Träid (“thread, wire”), West Frisian tried, Dutch draad, German Draht, Norwegian, Danish and Swedish tråd, and Icelandic þráður. Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian dredh (“twist, turn”). More at throw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???d/
  • (UK, US) IPA^(key): [?????d]
• Rhymes: -?d
• Hyphenation: thread

Noun

thread (plural threads)

1. A long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in sewing, weaving or in the construction of string.
2. A continued theme or idea.

   Synonym: topic

3. (engineering) A screw thread.
4. A sequence of connections.
5. The line midway between the banks of a stream.
6. (computing) A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
7. (Internet) A series of messages, generally grouped by subject, in which all messages except the first are replies to previous messages in the thread.
8. A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark.
9. (figuratively) Composition; quality; fineness.

   • A neat courtier, / Of a most elegant thread.

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Verb

thread (third-person singular simple present threads, present participle threading, simple past threaded or (archaic) thrid, past participle threaded or (archaic) thridden)

1. (transitive) To put thread through.

   thread a needle

2. (transitive) To pass (through a narrow constriction or around a series of obstacles).
   • 2013, Ben Smith, "[1]", BBC Sport, 19 October 2013:

     Picking the ball up in his own half, Januzaj threaded a 40-yard pass into the path of Rooney to slice Southampton open in the blink of an eye.

3. To screw on, to fit the threads of a nut on a bolt

Derived terms

• threaded (as adjective)
• multithreaded

Translations

See also

• sewing needle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• thread on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Dehart, dareth, dearth, hatred, hetdar

French

Etymology

From English thread.

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /t??d/
• (France) IPA^(key): /s??d/

Noun

thread m (plural threads)

1. (anglicism, computing) Thread
2. (anglicism, Internet) Thread

Synonyms

• (computing) fil d'exécution, processus léger
• (Internet) fil de discussion, fil d'intérêt

Italian

Etymology

From English thread.

Noun

thread m (invariable)

1. (Internet) thread (series of messages)

Portuguese

Etymology

From English thread.

Noun

thread f (plural threads)

1. (computing) thread (one of several units of execution running concurrently)

English

Alternative forms

• threep, threip, threpe, threeap

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?p/

Etymology 1

From Middle English threp (“a rebuke”), from the verb (see below).

Alternative etymology derives Middle English threp, from Old English *þr?ap (“contention, strife”) (attested only as Old English þr?ap, in the sense of "troop, band"), ultimately from the same Germanic origin below.

Noun

threap (plural threaps) (Scotland)

1. an altercation, quarrel, argument
2. an accusation or serious charge
3. stubborn insistence
4. a superstition or freet

Etymology 2

From Middle English threpen (“to scold”), from Old English þr?apian (“to reprove, reprehend, punish, blame”), from Proto-Germanic *þraup?n? (“to punish”), from Proto-Germanic *þraw? (“torment, punishment”), from Proto-Germanic *þrawjan? (“to torment, injure, exhaust”), from Proto-Indo-European *tr?w- (“to beat, wound, kill, torment”). Akin to Old English þr?agan (“to rebuke, punish, chastise”), þr?a (“correction, punishment”), þr?wian (“to suffer”). More at throe.

Verb

threap (third-person singular simple present threaps, present participle threaping, simple past and past participle threaped or threapt) (Scotland)

1. (transitive) To contradict
2. To scold; rebuke
3. To cry out; complain; contend
4. To argue; bicker
   • a. 1529, John Skelton, "The Old Cloak", in Thomas Percy (editor), Percy's Relics, published 1765

     It's not for a man with a woman to threap.

5. To call; name
6. To cozen or cheat

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

7. To maintain obstinately against denial or contradiction.

   He threaped me down that it was so.
8. To beat or thrash.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

9. To insist on

Derived terms

• threaper

Anagrams

• Tharpe, hapter, pather, tephra, teraph