'Yard' definitions:

Definition of 'yard'

(from WordNet)
noun
A unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride [syn: yard, pace]
noun
The enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard" [syn: yard, grounds, curtilage]
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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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The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 [syn: thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad, G, grand, thou, yard]
noun
A unit of volume (as for sand or gravel) [syn: cubic yard, yard]
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A tract of land where logs are accumulated
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An area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines [syn: yard, railway yard, railyard]
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A long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
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An enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)

Definition of 'Yard'

From: GCIDE
  • Yard \Yard\, n. [OE. yerd, AS. gierd, gyrd, a rod, stick, 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. [1913 Webster]
  • If men smote it with a yerde. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A branch; a twig. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • The bitter frosts with the sleet and rain Destroyed hath the green in every yerd. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A measure of length, equaling three feet, or thirty-six inches, being the standard of English and American measure. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. The penis. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. (Zool.) A place where moose or deer herd together in winter for pasture, protection, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • Golden Yard, or Yard and Ell (Astron.), a popular name of the three stars in the belt of Orion.
  • Under yard [i. e., under the rod], under contract. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Yard'

From: GCIDE
  • Yard \Yard\, v. t. To confine (cattle) to the yard; to shut up, or keep, in a yard; as, to yard cows. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Yard'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. gar[eth]r yard, house, Sw. g[*a]rd, Dan. gaard, Goth. gards a house, garda sheepfold, L. hortus garden, Gr. cho`rtos an inclosure. Cf. Court, Garden, Garth, Horticulture, Orchard.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of, or around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard; a cowyard; a barnyard. [1913 Webster]
  • A yard . . . inclosed all about with sticks In which she had a cock, hight chanticleer. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. An inclosure within which any work or business is carried on; as, a dockyard; a shipyard. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'yard'

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