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thread

n. a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving

story, tale, narration, narrative

n. the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events; "his narration was hesitant"

yarn

v. tell or spin a yarn

line

n. something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible; "a washing line"

fiber, fibre

n. a slender and greatly elongated solid substance

tendril

n. slender stemlike structure by which some twining plants attach themselves to an object for support

strand, filament, fibril

n. a very slender natural or synthetic fiber

strand

n. line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable

fiber, fibre, vulcanized fiber

n. a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth

story, fib, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle

n. a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"

ballad, lay

n. a narrative poem of popular origin

rhyme, rime

n. correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)

description, verbal description

n. a statement that represents something in words

account, explanation

n. a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.; "the explanation was very simple"; "I expected a brief account"

summary, summarization

n. a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form; "he gave a summary of the conclusions"

fable, parable, allegory, apologue

n. a short moral story (often with animal characters)

legend, fable

n. a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events

fiction

n. a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact

epic, epic poem

n. a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds

myth

n. a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people

saga

n. a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account

fantasy, phantasy

n. fiction with a large amount of imagination in it; "she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies"

account, story, history, chronicle

n. a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead"

novel

n. a extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story

statement, financial statement

n. a document showing credits and debits

essay, composition, paper, theme, report

n. an essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got an A on his composition"

version

n. an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint; "his version of the fight was different from mine"

chronology

n. a record of events in the order of their occurrence

study, report

n. a written document describing the findings of some individual or group; "this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale"

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