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单词 yarn
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yarn

They are like thread is to yarn. Thread yarn through remaining stitches and join seam.This allows them to be spun into very fine yarns.Top bankers know how to spin a yarn.But now she much prefers to tell a good yarn. Thread and yarn are in the shed across the yard.But it sure made for a fine yarn.The kind of writer who can always be depended upon to spin a good yarn?Most entrepreneurs are able to spin a plausible yarn about their company.What should be a gripping yarn about Spartacus gets buried under a parade of knowledge.It is a great yarn, dressed up as investigative reporting on new archaeological finds.A gripping yarn you will be unable to put down.I can sit here and spin you a yarn and say my pace is brilliant.He used to own a pub, and sitting on a virtual bar stool spinning yarns suits him fine.Made for a few thousand dollars, this horror yarn is one of the most financially successful films in history.The yarn was so fine that a pound of it could be spun into a thread stretching for 30 miles.A gripping yarn of the soul.A beautiful, gripping sea yarn of the soul.Phew, that's quite a yarn to tell.

In other languages
yarn

British English: yarn NOUN
Yarn is thread used for knitting or making cloth.
She still spins the yarn and knits sweaters for her family.
  • American English: yarn
  • Brazilian Portuguese: fio
  • Chinese: 纱线
  • European Spanish: hilo
  • French: fil
  • German: Garn
  • Italian: filato
  • Japanese:
  • Korean: 직물 편물용의 실
  • European Portuguese: fio
  • Latin American Spanish: hilo

All related terms of 'yarn'

(noun) 
Definition
a continuous twisted strand of natural or synthetic fibres, used for knitting or making cloth
vegetable-dyed yarn
Synonyms
thread
a hat embroidered with golden threads
fibre
a variety of coloured fibres
cotton
wool
a ball of wool
(noun) 
Definition
a long involved story
(informal) 
Doug has a yarn or two to tell me about his trips into the bush.
Synonyms
story
a popular love story with a happy ending
tale
a collection of poems and folk tales
anecdote
He has a talent for recollection and anecdote.
account
I gave a detailed account of what had happened that night.
narrative
He began his narrative with the day of the murder.
fable
Are his election promises fact or fable?
reminiscence
urban myth
tall story
urban legend
cock-and-bull story (informal)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of account
Definition
a report or description
I gave a detailed account of what had happened that night.
Synonyms
description,
report,
record,
story,
history,
detail,
statement,
relation,
version,
tale,
explanation,
narrative,
chronicle,
portrayal,
recital,
depiction,
narration
in the sense of anecdote
Definition
a short amusing account of an incident
He has a talent for recollection and anecdote.
Synonyms
story,
tale,
sketch,
short story,
yarn (informal),
reminiscence,
urban myth,
urban legend
in the sense of fable
Definition
an unlikely story which is usually untrue
Are his election promises fact or fable?
Synonyms
fiction,
lie,
fantasy,
myth,
romance,
invention,
yarn (informal),
fabrication,
falsehood,
fib,
figment,
untruth,
fairy story (informal),
urban myth,
white lie,
tall story (informal),
urban legend

Nearby words of
yarn

  • yap
  • yard
  • yardstick
  • yarn
  • yawn
  • yawning
  • yeah

Synonyms of 'yarn'

yarn

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of fibre
Definition
a threadlike animal or plant tissue
a variety of coloured fibres
Synonyms
thread,
strand,
filament,
tendril,
pile,
texture,
staple,
wisp,
fibril
in the sense of narrative
Definition
an account of events
He began his narrative with the day of the murder.
Synonyms
story,
report,
history,
detail,
account,
statement,
tale,
chronicle,
recital
in the sense of tale
Definition
a report, account, or story
a collection of poems and folk tales
Synonyms
story,
narrative,
anecdote,
account,
relation,
novel,
legend,
fiction,
romance,
saga,
short story,
yarn (informal),
fable,
narration,
conte,
spiel (informal),
urban myth,
urban legend
in the sense of wool
Definition
yarn spun from this, used in weaving and knitting
a ball of wool
Synonyms
yarn
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