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Definition yarn

Etymology

From Middle English yarne, ?ern, yarn, from the Old English ?earn (“yarn, spun wool”), from Proto-Germanic *garn? (“yarn”), from Proto-Indo-European *??orn-, *??er- (“tharm, guts, intestines”). Akin to West Frisian jern, Dutch garen (“yarn”), German Garn (“yarn”), Danish garn, Swedish garn (“yarn, thread”), Icelandic garn (“yarn”), Latin hernia (“rupture”), Ancient Greek ????? (khord?, “string”), Sanskrit ??? (hira, “band”). Compare also the obsolete doublet garn.

Noun

yarn (countable and uncountable, plural yarns)

1. (uncountable) A twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving.
2. (nautical) Bundles of fibers twisted together, and which in turn are twisted in bundles to form strands, which in their turn are twisted or plaited to form rope.
3. (countable) A story, a tale, especially one that is incredible.

Verb

yarn (third-person singular simple present yarns, present participle yarning, simple past and past participle yarned)

1. To tell a story or stories.

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