The act or process by which something is threaded (in various senses).

present participle of thread

(of cloth) shabby, frayed and worn to an extent that warp threads show / damaged or shabby / (of a person) wearing clothes of threadbare material / banal or clichéd; trite or hackneyed

a screw or worm gear having four equal threads and thus capable of being started in four places

(Internet, slang) On an Internet forum, the act of posting in a thread that is already considered dead and/or out of discussion.

A street in London, running from Poultry and Lombard Street to Bishopsgate; the site of the Bank of England. / (Britain, economics, banking, finance) The Bank of England.

Having the form of a thread. / Resembling a thread in length or thinness.

(Internet) The act of taking over an e-mail list or discussion thread with a subject unrelated to the original posting.

A measure of the fineness of fabric; the total number of vertical and horizontal threads per unit of surface, such as a square inch.

Having threads. / (Internet) (Of messages) Arranged in a thread.