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1. (n.) yarn
thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
2. yarn
a continuous strand or thread made from glass, metal, plastic, etc.
3. yarn
an aggregate of fibers, as of hemp, that forms one of the small elements composing a strand of rope.
4. yarn
a tale, esp. a long story of adventure or incredible happenings.
5. (v.i.) yarn
to tell a yarn.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME; OE gearn, c. MD gaern, OHG, ON garn)
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| Definition of 'yarn' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) narration, recital, yarn
the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
"his narration was hesitant"
2. (verb) thread, yarn
a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
3. (verb) yarn
tell or spin a yarn
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1. (noun) yarn
thick thread made from wool or similar material
Wrap the yarn twice around the knitting needle.
2. yarn
an untrue story; = tale
some yarn about pirates taking his sailboat
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| Definition of 'yarn' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) yarn
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
2. (noun) yarn
one of the threads of which the strands of a rope are composed
3. (noun) yarn
a story told by a sailor for the amusement of his companions; a story or tale; as, to spin a yarn
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Sense: wool, cotton etc spun into thread
knitting-yarn; a length of yarn.
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 Afrikaans: draad, garing |
 Arabic: غَزْل، خَيْط مَغْزول |
 Bulgarian: прежда |
 Brazilian: fio |
 Czech: vlákno |
 German: das Garn |
 Danish: garn; -garn |
 Greek: νήμα |
 Spanish: hilo |
 Estonian: lõng |
 Farsi: نخ |
 Finnish: lanka |
 French: fil |
 Hebrew: חוּט |
 Hindi: सूत, तागा |
 Croatian: pređa |
 Hungarian: fonal |
 Indonesian: benang |
 Icelandic: spunnið garn |
 Italian: filo |
 Japanese: 糸 |
 Korean: (직물, 편물용의) 실 |
 Lithuanian: verpalai |
 Latvian: dzija |
 Malay: yan |
 Dutch: garen |
 Norwegian: garn, tråd |
 Polish: przędza, włókno |
 Persian: نخ |
 Pashto: ورته، تار، سپڼسى، وريشلى، |
 Portuguese: fio |
 Romanian: fir |
 Russian: пряжа |
 Slovak: vlákno |
 Slovenian: preja |
 Serbian: pređa |
 Swedish: garn |
 Thai: เส้นด้ายหนาที่ใช้สำหรับถั |
 Turkish: iplik |
 Taiwanese: 紗線 |
 Ukrainian: пряжа; нитка |
 Urdu: بٹا ہوا دھاگا ، ستلی وغیر |
 Vietnamese: sợi |
 Chinese: 纱线 |
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