yarn

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yarn

A grandmother knits a colorful scarf from a ball of yarn.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A long, continuous length of interlocked fibers: A material made by twisting together strands of natural materials like cotton, wool, or silk, or synthetic materials like nylon, used for knitting, weaving, or sewing.
    • A long, often elaborate, story or tale: A narrative of events, especially one that is entertaining, exaggerated, or implausible.

  2. Verb:

    • To tell a long, entertaining, or fanciful story: To narrate a tale, often in a leisurely or exaggerated manner.
Usage Examples
  • Noun (Material):
    • She bought a skein of soft wool yarn to knit a scarf.
    • This fabric is woven from a blend of cotton and synthetic yarn.
  • Noun (Story):
    • The old sailor sat down and told us a yarn about his adventures at sea.
    • He entertained the children with a fantastic yarn about a dragon.
  • Verb:
    • Grandpa loves to yarn about his childhood for hours.
    • They gathered around the fire to yarn about the old days.
Advanced Usage
  • "To spin a yarn": This is a common idiom meaning to tell a long, involved, and often fanciful or untrue story.
    • He's not lying; he's just spinning a yarn for fun.
Variants and Related Words
  • Yarning (gerund/noun): The act of telling stories.
    • The evening was spent in pleasant yarning.
  • Yarner (noun, informal): A person who tells yarns (stories).
    • He's quite the yarner; his stories are always captivating.
Synonyms
  • Noun (Material): Thread, fiber, strand, cord.
  • Noun (Story): Tale, story, anecdote, narrative, saga.
  • Verb: Narrate, relate, recount, tell tales.
Related Phrases
  • A tall yarn: A story that is hard to believe; an exaggerated or fanciful tale.
    • That story about finding gold in the river is a tall yarn.
  • To have a yarn with someone (informal, chiefly Australian/NZ/British): To have a long, informal conversation.
    • Let's go for a coffee and have a yarn.
yarn

A grandmother knits a colorful scarf from a ball of yarn.

Noun
  1. a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
  2. the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
    • his narration was hesitant
Verb
  1. tell or spin a yarn

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