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    8 months ago

    It has quite a lot of meanings

    1. A quantity of yarn, thread, etc. put up together in an oblong shape, 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.
    2. (figuratively) A web, a weave, a tangle.
    3. (zoology) The membrane of a fish ovary.
    4. (wagonmaking) A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.
    5. (zoology, UK, dialect, collective) A group of wild fowl (e.g. geese, goslings) when they are in flight.
    6. (sports) A winning streak.
    7. (radio, television, dated) A series created by a web (major broadcasting network).