Sekirov Dictionary

yarn

UK /jɑːn/US /jɑɹn/

noun 3
verb 1
forms 3
phrases 3

noun3

A twisted strand of fibre used for knitting or weaving.
Bundles of fibres twisted together, and which in turn are twisted in bundles to form strands, which in their turn are twisted or plaited to form rope.
•
A story, a tale, especially one that is incredible.
- "I'm hanged if I know how you've got the immortal rind to come at me with a yarn like this." — 1930

verb1

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To tell a story or stories, especially one that is lengthy or unlikely to be true.
- They had stayed in some little pension and had gone for little, bored walks while the colonel went out in the boats with the fisherman, or sat yarning with them in the café. — 1942

forms

yarned · yarning · yarns

Phrases with yarn

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