YARN

Pronunciation (US):

• YARN (noun)
  The noun YARN has 2 senses:

1. the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
2. a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving

  Familiarity information: YARN used as a noun is rare.

• YARN (verb)
  The verb YARN has 1 sense:

1. tell or spin a yarn

  Familiarity information: YARN used as a verb is very rare.

• YARN (noun)

Meaning:

The act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

recital; yarn; narration

Context example:

his narration was hesitant

Hypernyms ("yarn" is a kind of...):

account; report (the act of informing by verbal report)

Meronyms (parts of "yarn"):

body (the central message of a communication)

introduction (the first section of a communication)

close; closing; conclusion; end; ending (the last section of a communication)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "yarn"):

recounting; relation; telling (an act of narration)

Meaning:

A fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

thread; yarn

Hypernyms ("yarn" is a kind of...):

cord (a line made of twisted fibers or threads)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "yarn"):

cotton (thread made of cotton fibers)

worsted; worsted yarn (a tightly twisted woolen yarn spun from long-staple wool)

filling; pick; weft; woof (the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving)

warp (yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof)

tinsel (a thread with glittering metal foil attached)

suture (thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together)

purl (gold or silver wire thread)

nap; pile (the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave)

metallic (a yarn made partly or entirely of metal)

ligature (thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood))

Lastex (yarn that has an elastic core wound around with cotton or silk or nylon or rayon threads)

floss (a soft loosely twisted thread used in embroidery)

dental floss; floss (a soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teeth)

• YARN (verb)

Meaning:

Tell or spin a yarn

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "yarn" is one way to...):

narrate; recite; recount; tell (narrate or give a detailed account of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s