English noun: yarn |
1. | yarn (communication) the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events |
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| Samples | His narration was hesitant.
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| Synonyms | narration, recital |
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| Broader (hypernym) | account, report |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | recounting, relation, telling |
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| Part holonym | body, close, closing, conclusion, end, ending, introduction |
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2. | yarn (artifact) a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving |
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| Synonyms | thread |
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| Broader (hypernym) | cord |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | cotton, dental floss, filling, floss, floss, Lastex, ligature, metallic, nap, pick, pile, purl, suture, tinsel, warp, weft, woof, worsted, worsted yarn |
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