yarns

Meaning of yarns

plural noun
  1. spun thread used for knitting, weaving, or sewing.
    hanks of pale green yarn
    a fine yarn for a lightweight garment
  2. a long or rambling story, especially one that is implausible.
    he never let reality get in the way of a good yarn
verb, 3rd person present
  1. tell a long or implausible story.
    they were yarning about local legends and superstitions

Old English gearn ; of Germanic origin, related to Dutch garen .

Information about yarns

  • The singular form of yarns is: yarn.
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Hyphenation of yarns

yarns

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • yarns is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

yarns synonyms

Meaning cotton, nylon, or other fibres spun into long, thin strands and used for sewing:

thread

Meaning a soft white fibrous substance which surrounds the seeds of the cotton plant and is made into textile fibre and thread for sewing:

cotton

Meaning the fine, soft curly or wavy hair forming the coat of a sheep, goat, or similar animal, especially when shorn and prepared for use in making cloth or yarn:

wool

Meaning a thread or filament from which a vegetable tissue, mineral substance, or textile is formed:

fibre

Meaning a slender threadlike object or fibre, especially one found in animal or plant structures:

filament

Meaning the shore of a sea, lake, or large river:

strand

Meaning a thickness or layer of a folded or laminated material:

ply

Meaning thin, flexible string or rope made from several twisted strands:

cord

Meaning strong thread or string consisting of two or more strands of hemp or cotton twisted together:

twine

Meaning material consisting of threads of cotton, hemp, or other material twisted together to form a thin length:

string

Meaning a long, narrow mark or band:

line

Meaning an account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment:

story

Meaning a fictitious or true narrative or story, especially one that is imaginatively recounted:

tale

Meaning a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person:

anecdote

Meaning a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral:

fable

Meaning a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, as told by Jesus in the Gospels:

parable

Meaning a long, rambling story or statement:

rigmarole

Meaning a long story of heroic achievement, especially a medieval prose narrative in Old Norse or Old Icelandic:

saga

Meaning a rough or unfinished drawing or painting, often made to assist in making a more finished picture:

sketch

Meaning a spoken or written account of connected events; a story:

narrative

Meaning a story told about a past event remembered by the narrator:

reminiscence

Meaning a report or description of an event or experience:

account

Meaning an account given of a particular matter, especially in the form of an official document, after thorough investigation or consideration by an appointed person or body:

report

Meaning the study of past events, particularly in human affairs:

history

Meaning an elaborate or glib speech or story, typically one used by a salesperson:

spiel

Anagrams of yarns

snary

Words that rhyme with yarns

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