Old English gearn "spun fiber, spun wool," from Proto-Germanic *garnan (source also of Old Norse, Old High German, German garn, Middle Dutch gaern, Dutch garen "yarn"), from PIE ro [..]

noun fiber for knitting noun story, often long and made-up

Yarn [N] [S]Found only in 1Kings 1 Kings 1:16 . The Heb. word mikveh, i.e., "a stringing together," so rendered, rather signifies a host, or company, or a string of horses. The Authorized Ve [..]

single, twisted strand of thread made from natural or synthetic fibers.

narration: the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events; "his narration was hesitant" tell or spin a yarn thread: a fine cord of twisted fibers (of [..]

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thread made from wool or cotton. The same word also means a story told by someone who has travelled a lot

A long true or imaginary tale of adventure.

The notice of yarn is contained in an extremely obscure passage in (1 Kings 10:28; 2 Chronicles 1:16) The Hebrew Received Text is questionable. Gesenius gives the sense of "number" as applyi [..]

Found only in 1 Kings 10:28, 2 Chr. 1:16. The Heb. word mikveh, i.e., "a stringing together," so rendered, rather signifies a host, or company, or a string of horses. The Authorized Version [..]

To dream of yarn, denotes success in your business and an industrious companion in your home. For a young woman to dream that she works with yarn, foretells that she will be proudly recognized by a worthy man as his wife.   

Textile term for fibers twisted together tightly enough for weaving purposes. The two basic types are a) staple yarn made from short fibers, ie. Cotton or wool carded to lay parallel, then twisted; b) continuous filament man-made yarn comprised of strands of indefinite length used singly or several filaments twisted together. Wash according to fabr [..]

A spun thread.

A general architecture for running distributed applications. YARN specifies the following components:

(See ROPE-YARN.)

A tall tale sea story

The term yarn means “a strand of textile fiber in a form suitable for weaving, knitting, braiding, felting, webbing, or otherwise fabricating into a fabric.” [15 USCS § 70; Title 15. Commerce and Trad [..]

(n) the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events(n) a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving(v) tell or spin a yarn [..]

See ROPE YARN.

Any number of individual threads or fibers twisted together

Cord of twisted fibers.

A continuing string of textile fibers.  Yarn is created by twisting fibers together.  Fabrics are created by either weaving or knitting yarn together.

To yarn, or spin a yarn. Naval expression meaning to tell a tale. The expression originates from the day when rope was made and re-made on board ship; men repairing the rope-yarns could do this and ch [..]

A tall tale sea story.

A tall tale sea story

(uncountable) A twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving. (nautical) Bundles of fibers twisted together, and which in turn are twisted in bundles to form strands, which in their turn a [..]

Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibres, suitable for use in the production of textiles, sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery, or ropemaking. Thread is a type of yarn inten [..]

Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibres, suitable for use in the production of textiles, sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery, or ropemaking. Thread is a type of yarn inten [..]