Yarn: alternatives and connections

A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

To tell, rehearse, or recite, as a story; to relate the particulars of; to go through with in detail, as an incident or transaction; to give an accou…

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

To repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a written or printed document, or from reco…

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

To count or reckon again.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

To refer.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant. Long-staple c…

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

of Fill

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called silk.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

The act of binding.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Of or pertaining to a metal; of the nature of metal; resembling metal; as, a metallic appearance; a metallic alloy.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

To throw; to pitch.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

A hair; hence, the fiber of wool, cotton, and the like; also, the nap when thick or heavy, as of carpeting and velvet.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

To decorate with fringe or embroidery.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

The act of sewing; also, the line along which two things or parts are sewed together, or are united so as to form a seam, or that which resembles a s…

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

of Tell

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

A shining material used for ornamental purposes; especially, a very thin, gauzelike cloth with much gold or silver woven into it; also, very thin met…

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

imp. & p. p. of Wave.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

The threads that cross the warp in a woven fabric; the weft; the filling; the thread usually carried by the shuttle in weaving.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

of Worst

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a member, substance or component part.

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a member, substance or component part.

of Close

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a member, substance or component part.

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a member, substance or component part.

The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; th…

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a member, substance or component part.

of End

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a member, substance or component part.

The act of introducing, or bringing to notice.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a member, substance or component part.

The act of telling or relating the particulars of an event; rehearsal; recital.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal; as, the recital of testimony.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or mo…

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.