yarn
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(verb) tell or spin a yarn |
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Related Words: narrate, recite, recount, spin, tell |
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(noun) 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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Related Words: cord, cotton, dental floss, filling, floss, ligature, pick, pile, purl, suture, tinsel, warp, weft, woof, worsted |
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(noun) an account describing incidents or events; "after dinner he told the children stories of his adventures" |
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Synonyms: narration, narrative, recital, story, tale |
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Related Words: account, fairy story, fairytale, folktale, nursery rhyme, recounting, relation, report, sob story, sob stuff, tall tale, telling |
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