Advertisement
Advertisement
yarn
[ yahrn ]
noun
- thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
- a continuous strand or thread made from glass, metal, plastic, etc.
- the thread, in the form of a loosely twisted aggregate of fibers, as of hemp, of which rope is made rope yarn.
- a tale, especially a long story of adventure or incredible happenings:
He spun a yarn that outdid any I had ever heard.
verb (used without object)
- Informal. to spin a yarn; tell stories.
yarn
/ ɑː /
noun
- a continuous twisted strand of natural or synthetic fibres, used in weaving, knitting, etc
- informal.a long and often involved story or account, usually telling of incredible or fantastic events
- spin a yarn informal.
- to tell such a story
- to make up or relate a series of excuses
verb
- intr to tell such a story or stories
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of yarn1
Idioms and Phrases
see spin a yarn .Example Sentences
At a distance of two centuries, it has become a ripping yarn, the true story clouded in legend.
A graduate of music videos, Saxon — like the Gondrys and Jonzes before him — excels at sheathing his yarn in idiosyncratic humor, atmosphere and technique.
“She hasn’t turned sleazy, hasn’t become part of a ‘12-fanged monster’ determined to do nothing but titillate and trash up the airwaves with its tawdry yarns,” staff writer Steve Weinstein wrote.
Like so many writers, Arkush was loath to let numbers get in the way of a good yarn, beginning with ranking McDermott at No. 100.
She also points out that Kashmir is home to the "world's finest wool yarn; some of the finest handspun, handwoven pashmina creations and its artisans".
Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse