Look up: yarn

1. yarn
   tale story fibers for knitting 
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2. Yarn
   Naval To yarn, or spin a yarn. Naval expression meaning to tell a tale. The expression originates from the day when rope was made and re-made on board ship; men repairing the rope-yarns could do this and chat at the same time (and did).
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3. yarn
   A continuous strand of spun cotton FIBERS used for WEAVING or knitting.
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4. yarn
   [v] - tell or spin a yarn
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5. Yarn
   A continuous twisted strand of fibre.
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6. yarn
   Thread produced by drawing and twisting together fibres or filaments. There are two main categories of yarn: single, continuous filament yarn and spun yarn. Continuous filament yarn is made when two...
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7. Yarn
   A spun thread.
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8. Yarn
   Continuous, ordered assembly of essentially parallel, collimated filaments, usually with a twist.
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9. yarn
   a continuous strand often of two or more plies that is composed of carded or combed fibres twisted together by spinning, filaments laid parallel or twisted together Category: Various industries and crafts
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10. Yarn
    Yarn noun [ Middle English yarn , ʒarn , Anglo-Saxon gearn ; akin to Dutch garen , G., Old High German , Icelandic , Swedish , & Danish garn ; of uncertain origin. Confer Cord .] 1. Spun wool; w...
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11. Yarn
    • (n.) One of the threads of which the strands of a rope are composed. • (n.) A story told by a sailor for the amusement of his companions; a story or tale; as, to spin a yarn. • (n.) Spun wool; woolen thread; also, thread of other material, as of cotton, flax, hemp, or silk; material...
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12. yarn
    continuous strand of fibres grouped or twisted together and used to construct textile fabrics.[5 related articles]
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13. yarn
    
    • an account describing incidents or events
    • a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
    
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14. Yarn
    a generic term for a continuous strand of textile fibres or filaments in a form suitable for knitting, weaving or otherwise intertwining to form a fabric.
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15. yarn
    a general term covering specific types of textile structures with or without twist made of staple fibres or filaments
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16. yarn
    yarn, fibers or filaments formed into a continuous strand for use in weaving textiles or for the manufacture of thread. A staple fiber, such as cotton, linen, or wool, is made into yarn by carding, combing (for fine, long staples only), drawing out into roving, then spinning. Continuous filaments, s...
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17. Yarn
    Yarn is a fibre, such as cotton, wool, silk or flax which has been spun and prepared for use in weaving or knitting.
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18. yarn
    Thread produced by drawing and twisting together fibres or filaments. There are two main categories of yarn: single, continuous filament yarn and spun yarn. Continuous filament yarn is made when two or more filaments are drawn and twisted together (which stretches the filament slightly). Synthetic fibre is initially produced as single filaments...
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19. yarn
    The fibers which when twisted together form a rope. Or a salty tale.
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20. Yarn
    :This article is about the fibre product. For the type of joke, see Shaggy dog story. `Yarn` is a long continuous length of interlocked fibres, suitable for use in the production of textiles, sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery and ropemaking. Thread is a type of yarn intended f...
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