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Noun yarn has 2 senses
  1. narration, recital, yarn - the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events; "his narration was hesitant"
    --1 is a kind of report, account
    --1 has parts:
     body; introduction; conclusion, end, close, closing, ending
     --1 has particulars: relation, telling, recounting
    Derived form: verb yarn1
  2. thread, yarn - a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
    --2 is a kind of cord
    --2 has particulars:
     cotton; dental floss, floss; floss; Lastex; ligature; pile, nap; purl; suture; tinsel; warp; woof, weft, filling, pick; worsted
,Verb yarn has 1 sense
  1. yarn - tell or spin a yarn
    --1 is one way to     tell, narrate, recount, recite
    Derived form: noun yarn1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
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