Yarn

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A continuous strand of twisted threads of natural or synthetic material, such as wool or nylon, used in weaving or knitting.
  • n. Informal A long, often elaborate narrative of real or fictitious adventures; an entertaining tale.
  • verb-intransitive. Informal To tell an entertaining tale or series of tales.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving.
  • n. Bundles of fibers twisted together, and which in turn are twisted in bundles to form strands, which in their turn are twisted or plaited to form rope.
  • n. A story, a tale, especially one that is incredible.
  • v. To tell a story.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Spun wool; woolen thread; also, thread of other material, as of cotton, flax, hemp, or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving, knitting, manufacturing sewing thread, or the like.
  • n. One of the threads of which the strands of a rope are composed.
  • n. A story told by a sailor for the amusement of his companions; a story or tale.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Yarn made from Imperfectly carded stock.
  • n. Originally, thread of any kind spun from natural fibers, vegetable or animal, or even mineral; now, more usually, thread prepared for weaving, as distinguished from sewing-thread of any sort. The term is also applied to stout woolen thread used for knitting, etc.
  • n. Rope-yarn.
  • n. A story; a tale: often implying the marvelous or untrue: applied to a long story, with allusion to spinning yarn: as, do you expect us to believe such a yarn as that? a sailors' yarn.
  • To tell stories; spin yarns.
  • Same as yearn, a dialectal variant of earn.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
  • n. the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
  • v. tell or spin a yarn
  • Verb Form
    yarned    yarning    yarns   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    narrate    recount    recite    tell   
    Form
    yarner   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    discourse    story    tale   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Arne    arn    barn    carn    darn    garn    harn    karn    starn   
    Unknown
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    wool    fabric    sock    thread    twine    shawl    flax    fibers    cord    ribbon