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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
yarn       [yahrn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
2.a continuous strand or thread made from glass, metal, plastic, etc.
3.the thread, in the form of a loosely twisted aggregate of fibers, as of hemp, of which rope is made (rope yarn).
4.a tale, esp. a long story of adventure or incredible happenings: He spun a yarn that outdid any I had ever heard.
–verb (used without object)
5.Informal. to spin a yarn; tell stories.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME; OE gearn; c. G Garn; akin to ON gǫrn gut, Gk chord intestine, chord1, Lith žarnà entrails, L hernia a rupture, Skt hirā vein]
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yarn       (yärn)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A continuous strand of twisted threads of natural or synthetic material, such as wool or nylon, used in weaving or knitting.
  2. Informal A long, often elaborate narrative of real or fictitious adventures; an entertaining tale.

intr.v.   yarned, yarn·ing, yarns Informal
To tell an entertaining tale or series of tales.


[Middle English, from Old English gearn; see gherə- in Indo-European roots.]

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
yarn 
O.E. gearn "spun fiber," from P.Gmc. *garnan (cf. O.N., O.H.G., Ger. garn, M.Du. gaern, Du. garen "yarn"), from PIE base *gher- "intestine" (cf. O.N. gorn "gut," Skt. hira "vein," Gk. khorde "intestine, gut-string," Lith. zarna "gut"). The phrase to spin a yarn "to tell a story" is first attested 1812, from a sailors' expression, on notion of telling stories while engaged in sedentary work like yarn-twisting.

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yarn

noun
1. the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events; "his narration was hesitant" [syn: narration
2. a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving [syn: thread

verb
1. tell or spin a yarn 

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Yarn

Cord\ (k[^o]rd), n. [F. corde, L. chorda catgut, chord, cord, fr. Gr. chordh`; cf. chola`des intestines, L. haruspex soothsayer (inspector of entrails), Icel. g["o]rn, pl. garnir gut, and E. yarn. Cf. Chord, Yarn.]

1. A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.

2. A solid measure, equivalent to 128 cubic feet; a pile of wood, or other coarse material, eight feet long, four feet high, and four feet broad; -- originally measured with a cord or line.

3. Fig.: Any moral influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord; an enticement; as, the cords of the wicked; the cords of sin; the cords of vanity.

The knots that tangle human creeds, The wounding cords that bind and strain The heart until it bleeds. --Tennyson.

4. (Anat.) Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal.

5. (Mus.) See Chord. [Obs.]

Cord wood, wood for fuel cut to the length of four feet (when of full measure).

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