Yarn \Yarn\, n. [OE. yarn, [yogh]arn, AS. gearn; akin to D.
garen, G., OHG., Icel., Sw., & Dan. garn; of uncertain
origin. Cf. Cord.]
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1. 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.
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2. (Rope Making) One of the threads of which the strands of a
rope are composed.
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3. A story told by a sailor for the amusement of his
companions; a story or tale; as, to spin a yarn. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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98 Moby Thesaurus words for "yarn":
account, anecdotage, anecdote, belly laugh, blague, blue story,
braid, brail, cable, causerie, chat, chin, chronicle,
cock-and-bull story, colloque, cord, dirty joke, dirty story,
double entendre, epic, epos, ethnic joke, exaggeration, fable,
fabrication, fairy tale, falsehood, falsity, farfetched story,
farrago, fib, fiction, fish story, flam, flimflam, fun,
funny story, gag, ghost story, good one, good story, half-truth,
howler, jape, jest, jestbook, joke, laugh, legal fiction, lie,
ligament, ligation, ligature, line, little white lie, mendacity,
narration, narrative, panic, pious fiction, play, point,
prevarication, prose, rap, rib tickler, riot, rope, saga, scream,
sick joke, sidesplitter, sight gag, slight stretching, sport,
spun yarn, story, strand, string, tale, talk, tall story,
tall tale, taradiddle, tendon, thong, thread, trumped-up story,
twine, twist, untruth, visit, visual joke, wheeze, white lie,
whopper, wire, wow
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Yarn \Yarn\, n. [OE. yarn, [yogh]arn, AS. gearn; akin to D.
garen, G., OHG., Icel., Sw., & Dan. garn; of uncertain
origin. Cf. Cord.]
1. 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. (Rope Making) One of the threads of which the strands of a
rope are composed.
3. A story told by a sailor for the amusement of his
companions; a story or tale; as, to spin a yarn. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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