Results for yarn

Definitions of yarn:

part of speech: verb intransitive

To tell an unlikely story.

part of speech: noun

Wool spun into thread fit for the weaver; the thread spun loosely from such substances as cotton, flax, and hemp; one of the strands of a rope; among seamen, a familiar term for a story spun out by a sailor for the amusement of his messmates, who is said then to spin a yarn.

part of speech: noun

Heavy thread spun out of wool; colloquially, an unlikely or exaggerated story, especially a tale of sea life.

part of speech: noun

Spun thread: one of the threads of a rope: a sailor's story ( spun out to some length).

Usage examples for yarn:

• And many a long yarn about your adventures have I listened to with eager interest, while I longed to sail over the wide ocean and to visit the strange countries you described. "",

• The newspaper yarn of Rusk's which had impressed Peter the most was about a man named O'Brale in San Francisco. "",

• " Go on with your yarn now, Jessop," he said. "The Ghost Pirates", William Hope Hodgson

• He returned aft one day from a visit forward, and told us he had discovered that several of the men were first- rate yarn spinners. "",