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Yarred vs Yarned - What's the difference?

yarred | yarned |

As verbs the difference between yarred and yarned

is that yarred is (yarr) while yarned is (yarn).

yarred

English

Verb

(head)
  • (yarr)

  • yarr

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) To growl or snarl like a dog.
  • * 1921 , Chamber's Journal
  • She yapped and yarred and ran in foolish circles, as though quarrelling with her own tail.
  • * François Rabelais (in translation), Gargantua and Pantagruel
  • And when he saw that all the dogs were flocking about her, yarring at the retardment of their access to her, and every way keeping such a coil with her as they are wont to do about a proud or salt bitch, he forthwith departed

    yarned

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (yarn)
  • Anagrams

    *

    yarn

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) A twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving.
  • (nautical) 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.
  • (countable) A story, a tale, especially one that is incredible.
  • * , chapter=4
  • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn , but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.}}

    Synonyms

    * (story or tale) story, tale

    Derived terms

    * yarn-beam * yarn-spinner * yarnwindle

    See also

    * hank * twine

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to tell a story
  • Derived terms

    * yarner

    Anagrams

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