<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A length of yarn or thread wound on a reel or swift preparatory for use in manufacturing.</li><li>Anything wound in or resembling such a coil: a skein of hair.</li><li>Something suggestive of the twistings of a skein: an incoherent skein of words.</li><li>A flock of geese, ducks, or the like, in flight.</li><li>A succession or series of similar or interrelated things: a skein of tennis victories.</li></ul>