1. loosely coiled bundles of yarn, thread, or string
2. tangled or complicated arrangements or situations
Usage: figurative
3. flocks of geese or other birds flying in formation

Examples

• She bought several skeins of wool for her knitting project.
• The craft store displayed colorful skeins of embroidery thread.
• He untangled the twisted skeins of fishing line.
• The detective worked through skeins of evidence to solve the case.
• Skeins of geese flew overhead in perfect V-formation.
• The yarn shop organized skeins by color and weight.
• She wound the loose skeins into neat balls before starting to knit.