yarn

Pronunciation: [jɑ:n]

Average Rank: 16590

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 纱, 纱线, 故事 [化] 纱

Detailed Explanations:
  • v. tell or spin a yarn
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating:
Difficulty: ADVANCED
Exam Tags: toefl ielts gre

Word Forms:
Plural: yarns
Present Participle: yarning
Past: yarned
3rd Person: yarns
Past Participle: yarned

Word Frequency Rankings

Project Gutenberg
#9770

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 2.3% (Top 2.3% most frequent)
2.3%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus