The noun "story" has 6 senses in WordNet.

1. narration, narrative, story, tale, yarn, recital -- (an account describing incidents or events; "after dinner he told the children stories of his adventures")
2. story -- (a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines")
3. floor, level, storey, story -- (a room or set of rooms comprising a single level of a multi-level building; "what level is the office on?")
4. history, account, chronicle, story -- (a record or narrative description of past events: "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead")
5. report, news report, story, account, write up -- (a short account of the news; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious")
6. fib, story, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle -- (a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?")

1. narration, narrative, story, tale, yarn, recital -- (an account describing incidents or events; "after dinner he told the children stories of his adventures")
   • -> report, account -- (the act of informing by verbal report; "he heard reports that they were causing trouble"; "by all accounts they were a happy couple")
     • => indirect discourse -- (a report of a discourse in which deictic terms are modified appropriately (e.g., `he said `I am a fool'' would be modified to `he said he is a fool'))
     • => direct discourse, direct quotation -- (a report of the exact words used in a discourse; e.g., `he said "I am a fool"')
     • => debriefing -- (report of a mission or task)
     • => anecdote -- (short account of an incident (especially a biographical one))
     • => narration, narrative, story, tale, yarn, recital -- (an account describing incidents or events; "after dinner he told the children stories of his adventures")
     • => gossip, comment, scuttlebutt -- (a report (often malicious) about the doings of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip")
2. story -- (a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines")
   • -> fiction -- (a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact)
     • => novel -- (a extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story)
     • => fantasy, phantasy -- (fiction with a large amount of fantasy in it; "she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies")
     • => story -- (a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines")
3. floor, level, storey, story -- (a room or set of rooms comprising a single level of a multi-level building; "what level is the office on?")
   • -> structure, construction -- (a thing constructed; a complex construction or entity; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons")
     • => altar -- (a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made)
     • => (more of these, not listed)
4. history, account, chronicle, story -- (a record or narrative description of past events: "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead")
   • -> record -- (anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events; "the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques")
     • => written record, written account -- (a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events)
     • => memorabilia -- (a record of things worth remembering)
     • => stub, check stub, counterfoil -- (the part of a check that is retained as a record)
     • => file, data file -- (a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together)
     • => history, account, chronicle, story -- (a record or narrative description of past events: "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead")
5. report, news report, story, account, write up -- (a short account of the news; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious")
   • -> news -- (information reported in a newspaper or news magazine; "the news of my death was greatly exaggerated")
     • => report, news report, story, account, write up -- (a short account of the news; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious")
     • => newscast -- (a broadcast of news)
     • => coverage, reporting, reportage -- (the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio of television; "they accused the paper of biased coverage of race relations")
6. fib, story, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle -- (a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?")
   • -> lie, prevarication -- (a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth)
     • => fib, story, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle -- (a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?")
     • => jactitation -- (a false boast that can harm others; especially a false claim to be married to someone (formerly actionable at law))
     • => whopper -- (a gross untrut