yarn

Noun
  1. The act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events (synset 107235433)
    "his narration was hesitant"
    is a type of: account, report - the act of informing by verbal report
    subtypes: recounting, relation, telling - an act of narration
    has:
    same as: narration, recital
  2. A fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving (synset 104433923)
    is a type of: cord - a line made of twisted fibers or threads
    subtypes:
    • cotton - thread made of cotton fibers
    • dental floss, floss - a soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teeth
    • floss - a soft loosely twisted thread used in embroidery
    • lastex - yarn that has an elastic core wound around with cotton or silk or nylon or rayon threads
    • ligature - thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood)
    • metallic - a yarn made partly or entirely of metal
    • nap, pile - the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave
    • purl - gold or silver wire thread
    • suture - thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together
    • tinsel - a thread with glittering metal foil attached
    • warp - yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof
    • filling, pick, weft, woof - the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
    • worsted, worsted yarn - a tightly twisted woolen yarn spun from long-staple wool
    same as: thread
Verb
  1. Tell or spin a yarn (synset 200956070)
    is a type of: narrate, recite, recount, tell - narrate or give a detailed account of

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