Skein

What do we mean by skein?

A length of thread or yarn wound in a loose long coil. noun

Something suggesting the coil of a skein; a complex tangle. noun

A flock of geese or similar birds in flight. noun

An obsolete form of skean. noun

In cytology, same as spireme. noun

To wind (yarn) into hanks of definite lengths other than the normal.

A fixed length of any thread or yarn of silk, wool, linen, or cotton, doubled again and again and knotted. noun

A flight or company: said of certain wild fowl, as geese or ducks. noun

A shaved split of osier used in wickerwork. noun

In a vehicle, the iron head or thimble upon the end of a wooden axletree, inclusive of the straps by which it is attached to the axle, and which, being set in recesses flush with the wood, afford hearing surfaces for the box in the hub. noun

A flight of wild fowl (wild geese or the like). noun

A quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel, -- usually tied in a sort of knot. noun

A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle. noun

A quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel. A skein of cotton yarn is formed by eighty turns of the thread round a fifty-four inch reel. noun

A web, a weave, a tangle. noun

A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle. noun

A group of wild fowl, (e.g. geese, goslings) when they are in flight. noun

A winning streak. noun

Coils of worsted yarn noun

A quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel. A skein of cotton yarn is formed by eighty turns of the thread around a fifty-four inch reel.

A web, a weave, a tangle.

The membrane of a fish ovary.

(wagonmaking) A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.

(provincial England) A group of wild fowl, (e.g. geese, goslings) when they are in flight.

A winning streak.

A person of irish decent who drives an AE86 corolla. Urban Dictionary

A skein is someone who is a bit of a mental. They try to be ruthless but they end up looking like an idiot with no balls. A skein generally makes stupid mistakes that lose them friends by trying to look cool. A skein in the simplest form is someone who tries to fit in by being ruthless but ends up embarrassing themselves further. Urban Dictionary

A penis after ejaculating during sex. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to skein:
skein, skin, stein, sein, skean, skeen, skain, kein, sken, shein, svein, skeif, skrin.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word skein:
yarn, menagerie, hash, nist, tangled, dyeing, yardage, polynomial, geese, knot, cipher, knots, relation, washing, crimson, wool, loosely, silk, tension, function, relations, tied, bruce, frame, link, wooden, ball, length, alexander, jones, formula, novel, feet, theory.

Words that rhyme with skein:
vein, train, plane, fein, strain, chain, vain, domain, disdain, maintain, crain, sustain, germane, mundane, arcane, refrain, ascertain, pain, plain, campaign, rain, retain, again, bane, inane, grain, rein, attain, obtain, brain, gain, reign, explain, feign, wane, pertain, lane, membrane, main, stain, complain, profane, drain, trane, crane, contain, abstain, cane, insane, remain, constrain, fain, deign, hurricane, terrain, urbane, restrain, vane, mane, legerdemain, entertain, ordain, bain, humane, dane, pane, detain, sane, cain, champagne, thane, swain, arraign, lain, airplane, jane, migraine, partain, wain, sprain, twain, spain, germain, maine, quain, fane, slain, shane, moraine, ane, germaine, saine, zane, cocaine, romaine, kane, wayne, inhumane, aine, propane.

Adjectives that are often used to describe skein:
tangled, whole, long, complex, twisted, red, silken, complicated, ravelled, loose, single, thick, thin, green, entangled, entire, endless, intricate, golden, blue, dense, bright, tight, continuous, purple, vast, delicate, unbroken, gram, puzzled, dark, snarled, inextricable, nuclear, confused, invisible, mean, vivid, pink, ounce, colored, rich, double, unwound, dyed, close, raveled, yellow, soft, elaborate, pale, colourless, huge, coloured, unseen, broken, immense, mingled, faint, suspended, curious, immaterial, wonderful, peaceful, wet, silky, smooth, coiled, sugary, convoluted, perplexed.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective skein:
wagon, wool, wound, winding, form, skeins, wagons.

Consonant match to skein:
skin, scan, scone, skene, skean, skeen, schene, skain, schoon.

Words that sound like skein:
skein, skane, skain, skeine, skin, scan, scone, skeen, scon, skene, skun, sken, schoon, skan, scame, skon, scoon, skean, sane, scheme, scam, scum, skim, sain, scathe, sking, saine, skn, skum, schem, skeme, skay, skem, skeins, sayn, scem, scom, scumm, skains, scomm, skeigh, okane, akane, o'kane, okn, sky high, same, scale, san, scanner, askin, cyan, scant, cine, sawn, scanned, scans, cin, cion, cen, sca, cka, scatch, saem, cyn, cene, scate, sanne, cne, cien, erskine, saan, sahn, psion, sakon, saim, scarn, sawin, scand, cko, sakin, cyon, ascian, saen, erskin, saone, eskin, cinn, scaw, sahne, sann, cyne, cein, ask in, oscan, scana, iskcon, ceann, cnh, escon.