skein
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- noun
- /skeɪn/
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madeja
- A gust swept through the yard, picking up skeins of dust and moving the door with a restless whisper.
- a tangled skein
Examples
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Biantha held silence before her like a skein of threads that wanted words to untangle it.
Fiction book (2001) -
The geese were in a riffling skein off to the right, high and moving fast.
Fiction book (1993) -
Not a swatch, not a skein had gone to waste
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Rather ran her hands along the skein as if through a lover's tresses.
Fiction book (2000) -
Snowflakes were falling thicker now, blown in delicate skeins by the wind.
Fiction book (1990) -
Yayu had Liana inspect Iste's skein of lakeweed for weak fibers.
Fiction book (2000) -
The bright blue skein of yarn will make a beautiful scarf.
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She carefully unwrapped the skein of thread before starting her project.
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After selecting her colors, she organized the skeins for her knitting class.
Synonyms
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1.0
A thin string of fibers used for sewing clothes
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A long thread of twisted fibers like wool used for knitting
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A long coil of yarn wound loosely for knitting or crocheting
A small coil of yarn or thread kept for later use
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Etymology
The word skein comes from an old word for a long, loose coil of yarn that is 'wound' into a soft bundle, so picture a long thread looped and twisted into an easy-to-handle roll. So, a skein today is still a length of yarn kept in that loose coil and ready for knitting.