1.  yarn(n = noun.communication) narration, recital - the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events; "his narration was hesitant"
is a kind of account, report
has parts: body, introduction, close, closing, conclusion, end, ending
has particulars: recounting, relation, telling
Derived form verb yarn₁

2.  yarn(n = noun.artifact) thread - a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving;
is a kind of cord
has particulars: cotton, dental floss, floss, floss, lastex, ligature, metallic, nap, pile, purl, suture, tinsel, warp, filling, pick, weft, woof, worsted, worsted yarn

   yarn(v = verb.communication) - tell or spin a yarn;
is one way to narrate, recite, recount, tell
Derived form noun yarn₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s

1.  Spun wool; woolen thread; also, thread of other material, as of cotton, flax, hemp, or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving, knitting, manufacturing sewing thread, or the like. [1913 Webster]

2.  One of the threads of which the strands of a rope are composed. [1913 Webster]

3.  A story told by a sailor for the amusement of his companions; a story or tale; as, to spin a yarn. [1913 Webster]

yarn, n. & v.
--n.
1 any spun thread, esp. for knitting, weaving, rope-making, etc.
2 colloq. a long or rambling story or discourse.
--v.intr. colloq. tell yarns.

Etymology:
OE gearn

N  filament, line, fiber, fibril, funicle, vein, hair, capillament, cilium, cilia, pilus, pili, tendril, gossamer, hair stroke, veinlet, venula, venule, wire, string, thread, packthread, cotton, sewing silk, twine, twist, whipcord, tape, ribbon, cord, rope, yarn, hemp, oakum, jute, strip, shred, slip, spill, list, band, fillet, fascia, ribbon, riband, roll, lath, splinter, shiver, shaving, beard, ramification, strand, filamentous, filamentiferous, filaceous, filiform, fibrous, fibrillous, thread-like, wiry, stringy, ropy, capillary, capilliform, funicular, wire-drawn, anguilliform, flagelliform, hairy, taeniate, taeniform, taenioid, venose, venous.

N  exaggeration, expansion, hyperbole, stretch, strain, coloring, high coloring, caricature, caricatura, extravagance, Baron Munchausen, men in buckram, yarn, fringe, embroidery, traveler's tale, fish story, gooseberry, storm in a teacup, much ado about nothing, puff, puffery, rant, figure of speech, facon de parler, stretch of fancy, stretch of the imagination, flight of fancy, false coloring, aggravation, exaggerated, overwrought, bombastic, hyperbolical, on stilts, fabulous, extravagant, preposterous, egregious, outre, highflying, hyperbolically, excitabat enim fluctus in simpulo.

bay yarn, rope yarn, saxony yarn, spun yarn, worsted yarn