different between thread vs vendor

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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Translations

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

• vender

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman vendor (Old French vendeor), from Latin venditor (“seller”), from vendere (“to sell, cry up for sale, praise”), contraction of venundare, venumdare, also, as originally, two words venum dare (“to sell”), from venum (“sale, price”) + dare (“to give”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?v?n.d?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?v?n.d?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?(?)
• Homophone: Venda (in non-rhotic accents)

Noun

vendor (plural vendors)

1. A person or a company that vends or sells.
2. A vending machine.
   • 2015, Jennifer Ott, Rays of Civilization (page 64)

     She left her duties guarding the cola vendor and brushed past Earl to the aisle with the creamed corn.

Synonyms

• merchant
• seller

Related terms

• vend
• vending machine
• vendor bid
• vendue

Translations

Verb

vendor (third-person singular simple present vendors, present participle vendoring, simple past and past participle vendored)

1. (transitive, software engineering) To bundle third-party dependencies with the source code for one's own program.

   I distributed my application with a vendored copy of Perl so that it wouldn't use the system copies of Perl where it is installed.

2. (transitive, software engineering) As the software vendor, to bundle one's own, possibly modified version of dependencies with a standard program.

   Strawberry Perl contains vendored copies of some CPAN modules, designed to allow them to run on Windows.

Anagrams

• Verdon, droven

Latin

Verb

v?ndor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of v?nd?