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Yarn
Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibres, suitable for use in the production of textiles, sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery, or ropemaking. Thread is a type of yarn intended for sewing by hand or machine. Modern manufactured sewing threads may be finished with wax or other lubricants to withstand the stresses involved in sewing. Embroidery threads are yarns specifically designed for needlework.
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Yarn (noun)
A twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving.
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Yarn (noun)
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.
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Yarn (noun)
A story, a tale, especially one that is incredible.
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Yarn (verb)
To tell a story or stories.
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Thread (noun)
A long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in weaving or in the construction of string.
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Thread (noun)
A continued theme or idea.
“All of these essays have a common thread.”
“I’ve lost the thread of what you’re saying.”
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Thread (noun)
A screw thread.
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Thread (noun)
A sequence of connections.
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Thread (noun)
The line midway between the banks of a stream.
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Thread (noun)
A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
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Thread (noun)
A series of messages, generally grouped by subject, in which all messages except the first are replies to previous messages in the thread.
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Thread (noun)
A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark.
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Thread (noun)
Composition; quality; fineness.
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Thread (verb)
To put thread through.
“thread a needle”
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Thread (verb)
To pass (through a narrow constriction or around a series of obstacles).
“I think I can thread my way through here, but it’s going to be tight.”
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Thread (verb)
To threads of a nut on a bolt