Definitionen
1.NounA quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape; a skein of cotton is formed by eighty turns of thread around a reel with a fifty-four inch diameter.
2.NounA thing resembling a skein (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1) of thread, yarn, etc.
The membrane of a fish ovary.
A group of wildfowl (for example, geese or swans) in flight.
3.NounThe membrane of a fish ovary.
4.NounA group of wildfowl (for example, geese or swans) in flight.
5.NounSynonym of spireme (“the tangled mass of strands of chromatin seen in the early stages of mitosis, originally believed to be a single continuous strand (or two in a diploid cell, etc.)”).
6.NounA tangle, a weave, a web.
A winning streak.
A series created by a web (“major broadcasting network”).
7.NounA tangle, a weave, a web.
8.NounA winning streak.
9.NounA series created by a web (“major broadcasting network”).
10.VerbTo weave or wind (thread, yarn, etc.) into a skein (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1).
11.VerbTo intertwine or weave (something) with another thing.
12.NounA thin strip of an osier (“long, pliable twig from a plant, usually a willow”) used in basketmaking.
13.NounA metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle of a wagon.