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yarn Y0008700 (yärn)n.1. a. A continuous strand of twisted threads of natural or synthetic fibers, such as wool or nylon, used in weaving or knitting.b. A similar strand of other materials such as glass or plastic.2. Informal A long, often elaborate narrative of real or fictitious adventures; an entertaining tale.intr.v. yarned, yarn·ing, yarns Informal To tell an entertaining tale or series of tales.
[Middle English, from Old English gearn; see gherə- in Indo-European roots.]yarn (jɑːn) n1. (Textiles) a continuous twisted strand of natural or synthetic fibres, used in weaving, knitting, etc2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) informal a long and often involved story or account, usually telling of incredible or fantastic events3. spin a yarn informal a. to tell such a storyb. to make up or relate a series of excusesvb (intr) to tell such a story or stories[Old English gearn; related to Old High German garn yarn, Old Norse görn gut, Greek khordē string, gut]yarn (yɑrn)
n. 1. thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving. 2. a continuous strand or thread made from glass, metal, plastic, etc. 3. an aggregate of fibers, as of hemp, that forms one of the small elements composing a strand of rope. 4. a tale, esp. a long story of adventure or incredible happenings. v.i. 5. to tell a yarn. [before 1000; Middle English; Old English gearn, c. Middle Dutch gaern, Old High German, Old Norse garn] yarn
Past participle: yarned
Gerund: yarning
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| I yarn | | you yarn | | he/she/it yarns | | we yarn | | you yarn | | they yarn |
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| I yarned | | you yarned | | he/she/it yarned | | we yarned | | you yarned | | they yarned |
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| I am yarning | | you are yarning | | he/she/it is yarning | | we are yarning | | you are yarning | | they are yarning |
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| I have yarned | | you have yarned | | he/she/it has yarned | | we have yarned | | you have yarned | | they have yarned |
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| I was yarning | | you were yarning | | he/she/it was yarning | | we were yarning | | you were yarning | | they were yarning |
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| I had yarned | | you had yarned | | he/she/it had yarned | | we had yarned | | you had yarned | | they had yarned |
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| I will yarn | | you will yarn | | he/she/it will yarn | | we will yarn | | you will yarn | | they will yarn |
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| I will have yarned | | you will have yarned | | he/she/it will have yarned | | we will have yarned | | you will have yarned | | they will have yarned |
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| I will be yarning | | you will be yarning | | he/she/it will be yarning | | we will be yarning | | you will be yarning | | they will be yarning |
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| I have been yarning | | you have been yarning | | he/she/it has been yarning | | we have been yarning | | you have been yarning | | they have been yarning |
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| I will have been yarning | | you will have been yarning | | he/she/it will have been yarning | | we will have been yarning | | you will have been yarning | | they will have been yarning |
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| I had been yarning | | you had been yarning | | he/she/it had been yarning | | we had been yarning | | you had been yarning | | they had been yarning |
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| I would yarn | | you would yarn | | he/she/it would yarn | | we would yarn | | you would yarn | | they would yarn |
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| I would have yarned | | you would have yarned | | he/she/it would have yarned | | we would have yarned | | you would have yarned | | they would have yarned |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  yarn - the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events; "his narration was hesitant"recital, narrationbody - the central message of a communication; "the body of the message was short"introduction - the first section of a communicationclose, closing, ending, conclusion, end - the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..."report, account - the act of informing by verbal report; "he heard reports that they were causing trouble"; "by all accounts they were a happy couple"recounting, telling, relation - an act of narration; "he was the hero according to his own relation"; "his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable" | | 2. |  yarn - a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weavingthreadcord - a line made of twisted fibers or threads; "the bundle was tied with a cord"cotton - thread made of cotton fibersdental floss, floss - a soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teethfloss - a soft loosely twisted thread used in embroideryLastex - yarn that has an elastic core wound around with cotton or silk or nylon or rayon threadsligature - thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood)metallic - a yarn made partly or entirely of metalnap, pile - the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave; "for uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction"purl - gold or silver wire threadsuture - thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues togethertinsel - a thread with glittering metal foil attachedwarp - yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woofweft, woof, filling, pick - the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weavingworsted yarn, worsted - a tightly twisted woolen yarn spun from long-staple wool | | Verb | 1. |  yarn - tell or spin a yarn recount, narrate, tell, recite - narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child" |
yarnnoun1. thread, fibre, cotton, wool vegetable-dyed yarn2. (Informal) story, tale, anecdote, account, narrative, fable, reminiscence, urban myth, tall story, urban legend, cock-and-bull story (informal) Doug has a yarn or two to tell me about his trips into the bush.yarnnounInformal. An entertaining and often oral account of a real or fictitious occurrence:anecdote, fable, story, tale.Informal: tall tale.Translationsyarn1 (jaːn) noun wool, cotton etc spun into thread. knitting-yarn; a length of yarn. 紗線 纱线
yarn2 (jaːn) noun an old word for a story or tale. He told us interesting yarns about his travels. (舊式用法) 故事 （旧式用法）故事 yarn
spin (one) a yarnTo tell a lie or only part of the truth in order to convince one of something or to avoid the consequences of something. Don't you dare spin me a yarn about being at the library. I want to know exactly where you were tonight. I suspect he's just spinning a yarn about where all that money came from.See also: spin, yarnpitch (one) a lineTo tell a lie or only part of the truth in order to convince one of something or to avoid the consequences of something. Don't you dare pitch me a line about being at the library. I want to know exactly where you were tonight. I suspect he's just pitching a line about where all that money came from.See also: line, pitchpitch (one) a yarnTo tell a lie or only part of the truth in order to convince one of something or to avoid the consequences of something. Don't you dare pitch me a yarn about being at the library. I want to know exactly where you were tonight. I suspect he's just pitching a yarn about where all that money came from.See also: pitch, yarnspin (one) a taleTo tell a lie or fictionalized version of the truth in order to convince someone of something or to avoid the consequences of something. Don't you dare spin me a tale about being at the library. I want to know exactly where you were tonight. I suspect he's just spinning a tale about where all that money came from.See also: spin, talespin a yarnFig. to tell a tale. Grandpa spun an unbelievable yarn for us. My uncle is always spinning yarns about his childhood.See also: spin, yarnspin a yarnTell a story, especially a long drawn-out or totally fanciful one, as in This author really knows how to spin a yarn, or Whenever he's late he spins some yarn about a crisis. Originally a nautical term dating from about 1800, this expression probably owes its life to the fact that it embodies a double meaning, yarn signifying both "spun fiber" and "a tale." See also: spin, yarnspin a yarn tell a story, especially a long and complicated one. A yarn is one of the long fibres from which a rope is made. The expression is nautical in origin and has been used in this figurative sense since the early 19th century.See also: spin, yarnˌpitch a ˈline/ˈstory/ˈyarn (to somebody) (informal) tell somebody a story or make an excuse that is not true: He assured me that it really happened, but I reckon he was just pitching me a line.See also: line, pitch, story, yarnspin (somebody) a ˈyarn/ˈtale tell somebody a story, usually a long one, which is often not true: She came an hour late and spun him a yarn about her car breaking down.Sailors used to spin yarns (= long threads) to make ropes. They were also famous for telling unlikely stories of their adventures, which is perhaps the origin of the idiom.See also: spin, tale, yarnyarn
yarn, fibers or filaments formed into a continuous strand for use in weaving textiles or for the manufacture of thread. A staple fiberfiber,
threadlike strand, usually pliable and capable of being spun into a yarn. Many different fibers are known to be usable; some 40 of these are of commercial importance, and others are of local or specialized use. Fibers may be classified as either natural or synthetic.
..... Click the link for more information. , such as cotton, linen, or wool, is made into yarn by cardingcarding,
process by which fibers are opened, cleaned, and straightened in preparation for spinning. The fingers were first used, then a tool of wood or bone shaped like a hand, then two flat pieces of wood (cards) covered with skin set with thorns or teeth.
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process that follows carding in the preparation of fibers for spinning, lays the fibers parallel, and removes noils (short fibers). The modern combing machine is a specialized carding machine.
..... Click the link for more information. (for fine, long staples only), drawing out into roving, then spinningspinning,
the drawing out, twisting, and winding of fibers into a continuous thread or yarn. From antiquity until the Industrial Revolution, spinning was a household industry. The roughly carded fiber was at first held in one hand and drawn out and twisted by the other hand.
..... Click the link for more information. . Continuous filaments, such as silk, rayon, and nylon, may be formed directly into yarn or may be cut into short lengths and prepared like staple fibers. Yarns are twisted to give them strength and smoothness; a clockwise twist is known as the Z twist and a counterclockwise twist is known as the S twist. Two or more strands twisted together form ply yarns. In slub yarns areas are left untwisted to vary the diameter for ornamental effects. Complex yarns, such as bouclé and ratiné, are made by twisting together yarns of different tensions or diameters. The relation between the weight of the raw fiber of staple yarns and the yarn length is expressed by the yarn number; the finer the yarn, the higher the number. In filament yarns the yarn number, expressed in deniers, increases with the coarseness of the yarn.Yarn a basic textile material consisting of fibers joined by twisting and, sometimes, by bonding. Yarns are distinguished according to types of fibers, purpose, method of production and finishing, and structural properties (texture). Yarns are produced from all types of textile fibers. A yarn made from a single type of fiber is known as a one hundred percent yarn, and a yarn made from a mixture of two or more types of yarn is called a blend, or mixed, yarn. Yarn consisting of a considerable amount of waste material is known as tow yarn. A distinction is made between weaving yarn (warp and weft yarns), knitting yarn, thread, and rope. In preparation for spinning, yarn may be carded, combed, or condensed. Yarn is also distinguished according to the type of machine on which it is spun (ring spinning, open-end spinning). A distinction is also made between raw yarn (without any finish), bleached yarn, mercerized yarn, dyed yarn, and mélange yarn (a mixture of dyed and raw fibers). On the basis of structure, yarns are classified as single yarns, textured yarns, and twist yarns (twisted from several filaments). There are three basic types of cotton yarns. Combed cotton yarns—the finest cotton yarns—have a thickness of 5–18.5 tex and are made primarily of fine-stapled cotton. Carded cotton yarn has a thickness of 13.3–100 tex and is made of middle-grade cotton. Condensed cotton yarn, which has a thickness of 100 tex or greater, is made from cotton wastes and low-grade cotton. Wool yarn is manufactured in thicknesses of 15.5–42 tex (combed), 30–83 tex (coarse combed), and 42–500 tex (condensed). Linen yarn is spun by the dry method from long and short flax fiber and tow or by the wet method (the roving is moistened before spinning) from long fiber and tow. Yarn having a thickness of 24–200 tex is produced by wet spinning, and coarse yarn with a thickness of 33–666 tex is usually produced by dry spinning. Coarse linen yarn is also produced when other types of bast fibers are spun (hemp, jute). Silk yarn is produced from natural silk wastes (cocoon peelings, pierced cocoons), which are cleaned of impurities, boiled, and broken down into separate fibers. The yarns have a thickness of up to 7 tex. Low-density fibers, such as asbestos, are usually spun in a blend with cotton or chemical fibers. Yarn made of chemical fibers is produced by spinning; it is available in the same range of thicknesses as the natural yarn for which it is a substitute. The basic characteristics of yarn are thickness, twist, tensile strength, stretch, uniformity of thickness and density, and purity (absence of defects). REFERENCEKukin, G. N., and A. N. Solov’ev. Tekstil’noe materialovedenie, parts 1–3. Moscow, 1961–67.V. E. MARGULIS What does it mean when you dream about yarn?To see yarn tangled and knotted up in a dream may indicate something about one’s emotions or about the condition of the dreamer’s personal life. To be untangling a ball of yarn may suggest that the dreamer is slowly but surely clearing things up. yarn[′yärn] (textiles) A continuous strand of two or more plies of carded or combed fibers twisted together, or a single filament of natural or synthetic fibers used for weaving or knitting. yarn1. a continuous twisted strand of natural or synthetic fibres, used in weaving, knitting, etc. 2. Informal a long and often involved story or account, usually telling of incredible or fantastic events YARN
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Synonyms for yarnnoun threadSynonymsnoun storySynonyms- story
- tale
- anecdote
- account
- narrative
- fable
- reminiscence
- urban myth
- tall story
- urban legend
- cock-and-bull story
Synonyms for yarnnoun an entertaining and often oral account of a real or fictitious occurrenceSynonyms- anecdote
- fable
- story
- tale
- tall tale
Synonyms for yarnnoun the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of eventsSynonymsRelated Words- body
- introduction
- close
- closing
- ending
- conclusion
- end
- report
- account
- recounting
- telling
- relation
noun a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etcSynonymsRelated Words- cord
- cotton
- dental floss
- floss
- Lastex
- ligature
- metallic
- nap
- pile
- purl
- suture
- tinsel
- warp
- weft
- woof
- filling
- pick
- worsted yarn
- worsted
verb tell or spin a yarnRelated Words |