YARN
\jˈɑːn], \jˈɑːn], \j_ˈɑː_n]\
Definitions of YARN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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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One of the threads of which the strands of a rope are composed.
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A story told by a sailor for the amusement of his companions; a story or tale; as, to spin a yarn.
By Oddity Software
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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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One of the threads of which the strands of a rope are composed.
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A story told by a sailor for the amusement of his companions; a story or tale; as, to spin a yarn.
By Noah Webster.
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Heavy thread spun out of wool; colloquially, an unlikely or exaggerated story, especially a tale of sea life.
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To tell an unlikely story.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald