The meaning of Yarn

noun

A report or description of an event or experience.

Usage examples:

A detailed account of what has been achieved

verb

Consider or regard in a specified way.

Usage examples:

Her visit could not be accounted a success

noun

Money kept in a bank or other organization that you can add to or take back

noun

A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.

Usage examples:

He told anecdotes about his job

noun

Thin, flexible string or rope made from several twisted strands.

Usage examples:

Hang the picture from a rail on a length of cord

verb

Attach a cord to.

Usage examples:

You will need to cord the blind

noun

A soft white fibrous substance which surrounds the seeds of the cotton plant and is made into textile fibre and thread for sewing.

Usage examples:

A cargo of cotton and wheat

noun

Thread or cloth made from the fiber surrounding the seeds of a tall plant, or these fibers themselves

Usage examples:

A cotton shirt/dress

noun

A short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral.

Usage examples:

The fable of the sick lion and the wary fox

verb

Tell fictitious tales.

Usage examples:

I do not dream nor fable

noun

A short story that tells a moral truth, often using animals as characters

Usage examples:

Latisha loves the fable about the grasshopper and the ant.

noun

A thread or filament from which a vegetable tissue, mineral substance, or textile is formed.

Usage examples:

The basket comes lined with natural coco fibres

noun

A thread-like part made from plants or artificial material which can be made into products

Usage examples:

Natural fibres such as cotton tend to be cooler., artificial/man-made/synthetic fibre(s), they use …

noun

A slender threadlike object or fibre, especially one found in animal or plant structures.

Usage examples:

Each myosin filament is usually surrounded by 12 actin filaments

noun

A thin thread or wire, esp. the wire inside a light bulb

noun

The study of past events, particularly in human affairs.

Usage examples:

Medieval european history

noun

(the study of) past events considered together, esp. events or developments of a particular period, country, or subject

Usage examples:

[ u ] i’m taking a course in american history., [ c ] i’m reading a history of jazz (= a book that …

noun

A record of past events relating to a particular person or company

Usage examples:

This is the 50th consecutive month of uninterrupted job growth, the longest in the nation's history…

noun

A long, narrow mark or band.

Usage examples:

A row of closely spaced dots will look like a continuous line

verb

Stand or be positioned at intervals along.

Usage examples:

A processional route lined by people waving flags

verb

Cover the inside surface of (a container or garment) with a layer of different material.

Usage examples:

A basket lined with polythene

noun

A spoken or written account of connected events; a story.

Usage examples:

A gripping narrative

adjective

In the form of or concerned with narration.

Usage examples:

A narrative poem

noun

A story or a description of events

Usage examples:

The novel is a wonderful narrative of wartime adventure.

noun

A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, as told by jesus in the gospels.

Usage examples:

The parable of the blind men and the elephant

noun

A simple story told because it represents a basic moral truth or religious principle

noun

A thickness or layer of a folded or laminated material.

Usage examples:

Tiles that have a black pvc ply in the lamination

verb

Work steadily with (a tool).

Usage examples:

A tailor delicately plying his needle

noun

A layer of something such as wood or paper, or a thread that is wrapped with other threads to form yarn (= wool cord) or rope

Usage examples:

Two-ply facial tissue, new buses plied the city's bus routes this week., extreme-sports athletes pl…

noun

A story told about a past event remembered by the narrator.

Usage examples:

His reminiscences of his early days in parliament

verb

Give a spoken or written account of something that one has observed, heard, done, or investigated.

Usage examples:

The minister reported a decline in milk production

noun

An account given of a particular matter, especially in the form of an official document, after thorough investigation or consideration by an appointed person or body.

Usage examples:

The chairman's annual report

verb

To give an account or representation of in words

noun

A lengthy and complicated procedure.

Usage examples:

He went through the rigmarole of securing the front door

noun

A long, complicated, or silly process

Usage examples:

You have to go through this whole rigmarole before you can register for a course.

noun

A long story of heroic achievement, especially a medieval prose narrative in old norse or old icelandic.

Usage examples:

A figure straight out of a viking saga

noun

A long, detailed story of connected events

Usage examples:

The gold rush was just one chapter in the saga of the old west.

noun

A rough or unfinished drawing or painting, often made to assist in making a more finished picture.

Usage examples:

A charcoal sketch

verb

Make a rough drawing of.

Usage examples:

As they talked, modigliani began to sketch her

noun

A simple, quickly made drawing

Usage examples:

A pen and ink sketch, she helped write a sketch for a comedy show., a biographical sketch, [ i ] i …

abbreviation

Species (usually singular).

abbreviation

Starting price.

noun

A group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding. the species is the principal natural taxonomic unit, ranking below a genus and denoted by a latin binomial, e.g. homo sapiens.

noun

An account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment.

Usage examples:

An adventure story

noun

Variant spelling of storey.

noun

A part of a building comprising all the rooms that are on the same level.

Usage examples:

A three-storey building

verb

Leave (someone) without the means to move from somewhere.

Usage examples:

Two of the firm's trucks are stranded in france

noun

The shore of a sea, lake, or large river.

Usage examples:

A heron glided to rest on a pebbly strand

noun

A single thin length of something such as thread, fibre, or wire, especially as twisted together with others.

Usage examples:

Strands of coloured wool

noun

Material consisting of threads of cotton, hemp, or other material twisted together to form a thin length.

Usage examples:

Unwieldy packs tied up with string

verb

Short for stringboard.

noun

A thin length of cord

Usage examples:

[ u ] a piece of string, guitar strings are made from steel or nylon., violins, cellos, and double …

noun

A fictitious or true narrative or story, especially one that is imaginatively recounted.

Usage examples:

A delightful children's tale

noun

A long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibres used in sewing or weaving.

Usage examples:

He had a loose thread on his shirt

verb

Pass a thread through the eye of (a needle) or through the needle and guides of (a sewing machine).

Usage examples:

I can't even thread a needle

verb

A fine cord of twisted fibers used in sewing and weaving

noun

Strong thread or string consisting of two or more strands of hemp or cotton twisted together.

Usage examples:

An empty plastic 2 litre bottle is tied to a rock, or bag of stones with strong twine or string.

verb

Wind or cause to wind round something.

Usage examples:

The plant will twine round its support

noun

An instance of moaning or complaining.

Usage examples:

Having a good twine today—well, i am british and we do love complaining!

noun

The fine, soft curly or wavy hair forming the coat of a sheep, goat, or similar animal, especially when shorn and prepared for use in making cloth or yarn.

Usage examples:

Harris tweed is made from pure new wool

noun

The soft, curly hair from sheep, or thread or cloth made from this

Usage examples:

I bought some fine wool to knit a baby sweater., she lay under a red woolen blanket.