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yarn

[ yahrn ]

noun

  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. the thread, in the form of a loosely twisted aggregate of fibers, as of hemp, of which rope is made rope yarn.
  4. 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)

  1. Informal. to spin a yarn; tell stories.

yarn

/ 箩蓱藧苍 /

noun

  1. 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
  3. spin a yarn informal.
    1. to tell such a story
    2. to make up or relate a series of excuses
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to tell such a story or stories
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of yarn1

before 1000; Middle English; Old English gearn; cognate with German Garn; akin to Old Norse 驳谦谤苍 gut, Greek 肠丑辞谤诲岣 intestine, chord 1, Lithuanian 啪补谤苍脿 entrails, Latin hernia a rupture, Sanskrit 丑颈谤腻 vein
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of yarn1

Old English gearn; related to Old High German garn yarn, Old Norse 驳枚谤苍 gut, Greek 办丑辞谤诲脓 string, gut
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Idioms and Phrases

see spin a yarn .
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Example Sentences

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At a distance of two centuries, it has become a ripping yarn, the true story clouded in legend.

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A graduate of music videos, Saxon 鈥 like the Gondrys and Jonzes before him 鈥 excels at sheathing his yarn in idiosyncratic humor, atmosphere and technique.

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鈥淪he hasn鈥檛 turned sleazy, hasn鈥檛 become part of a 鈥12-fanged monster鈥 determined to do nothing but titillate and trash up the airwaves with its tawdry yarns,鈥 staff writer Steve Weinstein wrote.

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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.

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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".

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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