Threads

//θɹɛdz// name, noun, verb, slang

name, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of thread form-of, plural
  2. 2
    Clothes, clothing. plural, plural-only, slang

    "Mark Zuckerberg is revamping his public image with new threads. With a trio of bold shirts worn in recent appearances, he’s communicating that he came, he saw, he conquered and he will win again at any cost."

  3. 3
    informal terms for clothing wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of thread form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A social media platform developed by Meta, integrated into the fediverse.

    "On the one hand, Threads has a decent chance of becoming a — maybe even the — major new hub for text-based online conversations. Unlike other would-be Twitter rivals Bluesky and Mastodon, Threads arrives with a potential audience of billions who already use Meta’s photo and video-oriented Instagram, which Threads is built on top of."

Example

More examples

"Some common threads run through all cultures."

Etymology

From threads.

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