yard

[Yard]

The grassy area right outside a house is a yard. A yard is often surrounded by a fence or marked by shrubs or other plants. As a unit of measurement, a yard is equal to three feet.

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A rod; a stick; a staff.

Noun
an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)

Noun
a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen

Noun
the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard"

Noun
an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines

Noun
a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings); "they opened a repair yard on the edge of town"

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Noun
a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)

Noun
a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride

Noun
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

v. i.
A rod; a stick; a staff.

v. i.
A branch; a twig.

v. i.
A long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc.

v. i.
A measure of length, equaling three feet, or thirty-six inches, being the standard of English and American measure.

v. i.
The penis.

v. i.
A long piece of timber, nearly cylindrical, tapering toward the ends, and designed to support and extend a square sail. A yard is usually hung by the center to the mast. See Illust. of Ship.

n.
An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of, or around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard; a cowyard; a barnyard.

n.
An inclosure within which any work or business is carried on; as, a dockyard; a shipyard.

v. t.
To confine (cattle) to the yard; to shut up, or keep, in a yard; as, to yard cows.

Yard

Yard , n. [OE. yerd, AS. gierd, gyrd, a rod, tick, a measure, a yard; akin to OFries. ierde, OS. gerda, D. garde, G. gerte, OHG. gartia, gerta, gart, Icel. gaddr a goad, sting, Goth. gazds, and probably to L. hasta a spear. Cf. Gad, n., Gird, n., Gride, v. i., Hastate.] 1. A rod; a stick; a staff. [Obs.] P. Plowman.
If men smote it with a yerde.
2. A branch; a twig. [Obs.]
The bitter frosts with the sleet and rain Destroyed hath the green in every yerd.
3. A long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc. [Obs.] 4. A measure of length, equaling three feet, or thirty-six inches, being the standard of English and American measure. 5. The penis. 6. (Naut.) A long piece of timber, nearly cylindrical, tapering toward the ends, and designed to support and extend a square sail. A yard is usually hung by the center to the mast. See Illust. of Ship. Golden Yard, ∨ Yard and Ell (Astron.), a popular name the three stars in the belt of Orion. -- Under yard [i. e., under the rod], under contract. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Yard

Yard, n. [OE. yard, yerd, AS. geard; akin to OFries. garda garden, OS. gardo garden, gard yard, D. gaard garden, G. garten, OHG. garto garden, gari inclosure, Icel. garr yard, house, Sw. g'86rd, Dan. gard, Goth. gards a house, garda sheepfold, L. hortus garden, Gr. an inclosure. Cf. Court, Garden, Garth, Horticulture, Orchard.] 1. An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of, or around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard; a cowyard; a barnyard.
A yard . . . inclosed all about with sticks In which she had a cock, hight chanticleer.
2. An inclosure within which any work or business is carried on; as, a dockyard; a shipyard. Liberty of the yard, a liberty, granted to persons imprisoned for debt, of walking in the yard, or within any other limits prescribed by law, on their giving bond not to go beyond those limits. -- Prison yard, an inclosure about a prison, or attached to it. -- Yard grass (Bot.), a low-growing grass (Eleusine Indica) having digitate spikes. It is common in dooryards, and like places, especially in the Southern United States. Called also crab grass. -- Yard of land. See Yardland.

Yard

Yard, v. t. To confine (cattle) to the yard; to shut up, or keep, in a yard; as, to yard cows.

A rod; a stick; a staff.

An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of, or around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard; a cowyard; a barnyard.

To confine (cattle) to the yard; to shut up, or keep, in a yard; as, to yard cows.

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Usage Examples

Of course, in our grade school, in those days, there were no organized sports at all. We just went out and ran around the school yard for recess.

I also developed an interest in sports, and played in informal games at a nearby school yard where the neighborhood children met to play touch football, baseball, basketball and occasionally, ice hockey.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I always had two or three jobs at the same time. I started doing yard work when I was 7 or 8. When I was 13, I got my first state job doing road construction. Between working, sports and school, I hardly ever had free time.

Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.