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Y0007000 (yärd)n.1. Abbr. yd. A fundamental unit of length in both the US Customary System and the British Imperial System, equal to 3 feet, or 36 inches (0.9144 meter). See Table at measurement.2. Nautical A long tapering spar slung to a mast to support and spread the head of a square sail, lugsail, or lateen.3. Informal a. A square yard: bought 4 yards of fabric.b. A cubic yard: dug up 100 yards of soil.

[Middle English yerde, stick, unit of measure, from Old English gerd.]

yard²

Y0007000 (yärd)n.1. A tract of ground next to, surrounding, or surrounded by a building or buildings.2. a. A tract of ground, often enclosed, used for a specific business or activity.b. A baseball park.3. An area where railroad trains are made up and cars are switched, stored, and serviced on tracks and sidings.4. a. A somewhat sheltered area where deer or other browsing animals congregate during the winter.b. An enclosed tract of ground in which animals, such as chickens or pigs, are kept.v. yarded, yard·ing, yards v.tr. To enclose, collect, or put into a yard.v.intr. To gather together into a yard: The deer are yarding up in their winter grounds.

[Middle English, from Old English geard; see gher- in Indo-European roots.]

yard

(jɑːd) n1. (Units) a unit of length equal to 3 feet and defined in 1963 as exactly 0.9144 metre. Abbreviation: yd 2. (Nautical Terms) a cylindrical wooden or hollow metal spar, tapered at the ends, slung from a mast of a square-rigged or lateen-rigged vessel and used for suspending a sail3. (Tools) short for yardstick²4. put in the hard yards informal Austral to make a great effort to achieve an end5. the whole nine yards informal everything that is required; the whole thing[Old English gierd rod, twig; related to Old Frisian jerde, Old Saxon gerdia, Old High German gertia, Old Norse gaddr]

yard

(jɑːd) n1. (Building) a piece of enclosed ground, usually either paved or laid with concrete and often adjoining or surrounded by a building or buildings2. (Commerce) a. an enclosed or open area used for some commercial activity, for storage, etc: a railway yard. b. (in combination): a brickyard; a shipyard. 3. (Horticulture) a US and Canadian word for garden¹4. (Railways) an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings, used for storing rolling stock, making up trains, etc5. (Zoology) US and Canadian the winter pasture of deer, moose, and similar animals6. (Agriculture) Austral and NZ an enclosed area used to draw off part of a herd, etc7. (Commerce) NZ short for saleyard, stockyardvb (tr) (Agriculture) to draft (animals), esp to a saleyard[Old English geard; related to Old Saxon gard, Old High German gart, Old Norse garthr yard, Gothic gards house, Old Slavonic gradu town, castle, Albanian garth hedge]

Yard

(jɑːd) n (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the Yard informal Brit short for Scotland Yard

yard¹

(yɑrd)

n. 1. a. a unit of linear measure in English-speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches (0.9144 meter). b. a cubic yard: a yard of topsoil. 2. a long spar, supported more or less at its center, to which the head of a square sail, lateen sail, or lugsail is bent. 3. Informal. a large quantity or extent. 4. Slang. one hundred or, usu., one thousand dollars. Idioms: the whole nine yards, Informal. in every respect; without limits. [before 900; Old English gerd orig., staff, c. Old Saxon gerdia switch, Old High German gart(e)a rod; akin to gad²]

yard²

(yɑrd)
n. 1. the ground that immediately adjoins or surrounds a house, public building, etc. 2. a courtyard. 3. an outdoor enclosure for exercise, as by students or inmates. 4. an outdoor space surrounded by a group of buildings, as on a college campus. 5. an enclosure for livestock. 6. an enclosure within which any work or business is carried on (often used in combination): a lumberyard. 7. an outside area used for storage, assembly, etc. 8. a system of parallel tracks, crossovers, switches, etc., where rail cars are made up into trains and where rolling stock is kept when not in use or when awaiting repairs. 9. the winter pasture or browsing ground of moose and deer. v.t. 10. to put into, enclose, or store in a yard. [before 900; Middle English yerd, Old English geard enclosure, c. Old Saxon gard, Old High German gart, Old Norse garthr, Gothic gards; akin to Latin hortus garden, Old Irish gort sowed field; compare garden]

yard

(yärd) A unit of length equal to 3 feet or 36 inches (0.91 meter). See Table at measurement.

yard

The noun yard has two main meanings.

1. measurement

A yard is a unit of length in the imperial system of measurement. It is equal to thirty-six inches, or approximately 91.4 centimetres.

Jack was standing about ten yards away.

In Britain it is becoming more common to give measurements in metres, rather than yards.

2. area around a house

In both British and American English, a yard is an area of ground attached to a house. In British English, it is a small area behind a house, with a hard surface and usually a wall round it. In American English, it is an area on any side of a house, usually with grass growing on it. In British English, a fairly large area like this is called a garden or back garden.

yard

Past participle: yarded
Gerund: yarding

Imperative
yard
yard

Present
I yard
you yard
he/she/it yards
we yard
you yard
they yard

Preterite
I yarded
you yarded
he/she/it yarded
we yarded
you yarded
they yarded

Present Continuous
I am yarding
you are yarding
he/she/it is yarding
we are yarding
you are yarding
they are yarding

Present Perfect
I have yarded
you have yarded
he/she/it has yarded
we have yarded
you have yarded
they have yarded

Past Continuous
I was yarding
you were yarding
he/she/it was yarding
we were yarding
you were yarding
they were yarding

Past Perfect
I had yarded
you had yarded
he/she/it had yarded
we had yarded
you had yarded
they had yarded

Future
I will yard
you will yard
he/she/it will yard
we will yard
you will yard
they will yard

Future Perfect
I will have yarded
you will have yarded
he/she/it will have yarded
we will have yarded
you will have yarded
they will have yarded

Future Continuous
I will be yarding
you will be yarding
he/she/it will be yarding
we will be yarding
you will be yarding
they will be yarding

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been yarding
you have been yarding
he/she/it has been yarding
we have been yarding
you have been yarding
they have been yarding

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been yarding
you will have been yarding
he/she/it will have been yarding
we will have been yarding
you will have been yarding
they will have been yarding

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been yarding
you had been yarding
he/she/it had been yarding
we had been yarding
you had been yarding
they had been yarding

Conditional
I would yard
you would yard
he/she/it would yard
we would yard
you would yard
they would yard

Past Conditional
I would have yarded
you would have yarded
he/she/it would have yarded
we would have yarded
you would have yarded
they would have yarded

yard

(yd) A unit of length equal to three feet. 1 yard = 3 ft (36 in).

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	yard - a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stridepacelinear measure, linear unit - a unit of measurement of lengthft, foot - a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard; "he is six feet tall"perch, rod, pole - a linear measure of 16.5 feetchain - a unit of lengthlea - a unit of length of thread or yarnfathom, fthm - a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth
	2.	yard - the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard"curtilage, groundsbackyard - the grounds in back of a housedooryard - a yard outside the front or rear door of a housefront yard - the yard in front of a house; between the house and the streetgarden - a yard or lawn adjoining a houseplayground - yard consisting of an outdoor area for children's playside yard - the grounds at either side of a housefield - a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed; "he planted a field of wheat"
	3.	yard - 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"junkyard - a field where junk is collected and stored for resaleschoolyard - the yard associated with a schoolchurchyard, God's acre - the yard associated with a churchparcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel - an extended area of landtiltyard - (formerly) an enclosed field for tilting contests
	4.	yard - the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 1001000, chiliad, grand, one thousand, thou, thousand, K, M, Glarge integer - an integer equal to or greater than tenmillenary - a sum or aggregate of one thousand (especially one thousand years)
	5.	yard - a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)cubic yardcapacity measure, capacity unit, cubage unit, cubature unit, cubic content unit, cubic measure, displacement unit, volume unit - a unit of measurement of volume or capacity
	6.	yard - a tract of land where logs are accumulatedparcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel - an extended area of land
	7.	yard - an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and enginesrailway yard, railyardmarshalling yard - a railway yard in which trains are assembled and goods are loadedparcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel - an extended area of land
	8.	yard - a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateenmain yard - yard for a square mainsailsailing ship, sailing vessel - a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several mastsspar - a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support riggingyardarm - either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship
	9.	yard - an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)barnyard - a yard adjoining a barnchicken run, chicken yard, fowl run, hen yard - an enclosed yard for keeping poultryenclosure - a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purposefarmyard - an area adjacent to farm buildingsstockyard - enclosed yard where cattle, pigs, horses, or sheep are kept temporarily

yard

noun1. courtyard, court, garden, backyard, quadrangle I saw him standing in the yard.2. workshop, works, plant, industrial unit a railway yard

yard

nounAn area partially or entirely enclosed by walls or buildings:atrium, close, court, courtyard, enclosure, quad, quadrangle.

Translations

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yard¹

(jaːd) noun (often abbreviated to yd) an old unit of length equal to 0.9144 metres. 码

yard²

(jaːd) noun1. an area of (enclosed) ground beside a building. Leave your bicycle in the yard; a school-yard; a courtyard.庭院2. an area of enclosed ground used for a special purpose. a shipyard; a dockyard.场地

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hard yards

Particularly hard work or a large amount of effort (toward some task), especially in sports. Often used with the verbs "do," "make," or "put in." You're never going to have a successful business if you aren't willing to put in the hard yards yourself. Our team did the hard yards all game long, and we managed to pull out a victory in the end because of it.See also: hard, yard

get up the yard

An exclamation of disbelief, annoyance, disagreement, dismissal, etc., akin in meaning to "get out of here." An Irish expression seemingly unique to Dublin. Primarily heard in Ireland. Ah, here! Would you get up the yard! I'm not spending that much on a bleedin' computer.See also: get, up, yard

junkyard dog

An especially nasty, vicious, or savage person or animal (especially a dog). Of a person, often used in the phrase "meaner than a junkyard dog." Though he's always polite when he's in public, Tim's husband is meaner than a junkyard dog behind closed doors. That standard poodle may look cute and fluffy, but it's a junkyard dog, you can be sure about that.See also: dog, junkyard

the knacker's yard

A state of ruin or failure due to having become useless or obsolete. Refers to a slaughterhouse for old or injured horses. Once a booming industry before the age of the Internet, home video rental has largely ended up in the knacker's yard these days.See also: yard

end up in the knacker's yard

To be in or enter a state of ruin or failure due to having become useless or obsolete. Refers to a slaughterhouse for old or injured horses. Once a booming industry before the age of the Internet, home video rental has largely ended up in the knacker's yard these days.See also: end, up, yard

ready for the knacker's yard

In a state of ruin or failure due to having become useless or obsolete. Refers to a slaughterhouse for old or injured horses. Once a booming industry, home video rental was ready for the knacker's yard once streaming services became common.See also: ready, yard

move the yardsticks

To alter the rules or parameters of a situation in such a way as to suit one's needs or objectives, making it more difficult for someone else to succeed, keep pace, or achieve an opposing objective. (A US variant of the more common British phrase "move the goalposts.") Primarily heard in US. I hate arguing with that type of person. As soon as you start wearing down their logic, they just move the yardsticks on the whole thing! We're never going to get the book design finished in time if the publisher keeps moving the yardsticks every couple of months like this!See also: move

do the hard yards

To do particularly hard work or put forth a large amount of effort (toward some task), especially in sports. You're never going to have a successful business if you aren't willing to do the hard yards yourself. Our team did the hard yards all game long, and we managed to pull out a victory in the end because of it.See also: hard, yard

all wool and a yard wide

1. Of a person, very honorable. Of course Paul reported the crime he witnessed—he's all wool and a yard wide.2. Of an object, high quality. That product already broke! It's not all wool and a yard wide, that's for sure.See also: all, and, wide, wool, yard

go the whole nine yards

To do or pursue something in its entirety, which often includes all related things. Wow, Shelly really went the whole nine yards with toppings for the ice cream bar. There's much more than just whipped cream and sprinkles here!See also: go, nine, whole, yard

the whole nine yards

The entirety of what's possible or available; all the related elements of something. Wow, Shelly really went the whole nine yards with toppings for the ice cream bar. There's much more than just whipped cream and sprinkles here! I want a traditional wedding, with the cake, the dress—the whole nine yards.See also: nine, whole, yard

by the yard

In large quantities. Although this definition is broad, a "yard," when used as a unit of measure, equals three feet. I worry that our candidate's controversial comments will inspire articles by the yard.See also: by, yard

in (one's) (own) back yard

In or near to one's area of residence or business. Local farmers have banded together to protest the government's plan of building a series of windfarm generators in their back yard. We don't want to have such a large, ugly monument in our own back yard.See also: back, yard

not in my back yard

A clichéd expression of opposition to some development or change proposed for one's immediate area, based on the opinion that it will have a negative impact on one's home or local surroundings. Often abbreviated with the acronym "NIMBY." There will always be people shouting "not in my back yard" any time a development is proposed.See also: back, not, yard

boneyard

1. A cemetery or graveyard. I refuse to walk through a boneyard at night—all the graves just creep me out.2. A place where old, unused things accumulate. A: "It looks like our neighbors' lawn has become a boneyard." B: "Yep, everything there has five layers of rust!"

put it in their back yard

A parodic response to the clichéd expression "not in my back yard" (often abbreviated with the acronym "NIMBY") used to indicate opposition to any development or change that will impact one's home or local surroundings. Often abbreviated with the acronym "PITBY." We've begun retorting with "put it in their back yard" to all those reductivist corporate apologists claiming that our position is little more than nimbyism.See also: back, put, yard

all wool and a yard wide

Fig. trustworthy and genuinely good. (A description of good quality wool cloth.) Mary's a fine human being—all wool and a yard wide. I won't hear a word against Bill. He's all wool and a yard wide.See also: all, and, wide, wool, yard

Give someone an inch and he'll take a mile.

and Give someone an inch and he'll take a yard.Prov. Be generous to someone and the person will demand even more. (Describes someone who will take advantage of you if you are even a little kind to him or her.) If you let Mark borrow your tools for this weekend, he'll wind up keeping them for years. Give him an inch and he'll take a mile.See also: and, give, inch, mile, take

whole nine yards

Sl. the entire amount; everything, as far as possible. For you I'll go the whole nine yards. You're worth the whole nine yards.See also: nine, whole, yard

all wool and a yard wide

Genuine, not fake; of excellent quality; also, honorable. For example, You can count on Ned-he's all wool and a yard wide. This metaphorical term alludes to a length of highly valued pure-wool cloth that measures exactly a yard (and not an inch less). [Late 1800s] See also: all, and, wide, wool, yard

whole nine yards, the

Everything that is relevant; the whole thing. For example, He decided to take everything to college-his books, his stereo, his computer, his skis, the whole nine yards . The source of this expression is not known, but there are several possibilities: the amount of cloth required to make a complete suit of clothes; the fully set sails of a three-masted ship where each mast carries three yards, that is, spars, to support the sails; or the amount of cement (in cubic yards) contained in a cement mixer for a big construction job. [Colloquial] See also: nine, whole

not in my back yard

not in my backyard

People use not in my back yard to talk about a situation where people do not want something to exist or happen near them, although they do want it to exist or happen somewhere else. Ottawa's inner city needs that kind of development, but it comes with predictable `not in my back yard' cries of opposition from local residents.See also: back, not, yard

go the whole nine yards

AMERICANIf you go the whole nine yards, you do something to the fullest extent possible. When it comes to lack of common sense, this school went the whole nine yards. The designer's spring collection went the whole nine yards on glamour. Note: You can also use just the whole nine yards to talk about something that exists or is done to the fullest extent possible. She's got a manager, a publicist, the whole nine yards. Note: This expression refers to the amount of cement, nine cubic yards, which is contained in a cement-mixer truck. See also: go, nine, whole, yard

not in my back yard

expressing an objection to the siting of something regarded as undesirable in your own neighbourhood, with the implication that it would be acceptable elsewhere. This expression originated in the USA in derogatory references to anti-nuclear campaigners. In Britain it is particularly associated with reports of the then Environment Secretary Nicholas Ridley's opposition in 1988 to housing developments near his own home. More recently, it has been used in association with the siting of housing for refugees and asylum seekers. The phrase has given rise to the acronym nimby as a term for someone with these attitudes.See also: back, not, yard

the whole nine yards

everything possible or available. North American informal 1999 Salman Rushdie The Ground Beneath Her Feet Then the lovers throw a party, and what a party! Dancing, wine, the whole nine yards. See also: nine, whole, yard

all wool and a yard wide

of excellent quality; thoroughly sound. Literally, this expression refers to cloth of the finest quality. 1974 Anthony Gilbert A Nice Little Killing No one will ever catch her…with an alibi all wool and a yard wide. See also: all, and, wide, wool, yard

by the yard

in large numbers or quantities. 2002 Guardian Culture became a commodity: painters sold landscapes cut up by the foot for home decoration; booksellers offered books by the yard; publishers traded copyrights. See also: by, yard

the ˌwhole ˌnine ˈyards

(informal, especially American English) everything, or a situation which includes everything: When Des cooks dinner he always goes the whole nine yards, with three courses and and a choice of dessert.See also: nine, whole, yard

boneyard

1. n. a cemetery. I’d like to be planted in a boneyard like that. 2. n. a junkyard. (From sense 1) This old car’s ready for the boneyard.

Put it in their back yard!

and PITBY sent. & comp. abb. Locate something undesirable close to the people who complain about having it close by. (A parody of NIMBY, Not in my back yard!) To all those NIMBYs, I say PITBY. See also: back, put

the whole nine yards

n. the entire amount; everything. (Origin unknown. It does not matter what substance is being referred to. It means all of it, no matter what it is.) For you I’ll go the whole nine yards. See also: nine, whole, yard

yard

n. a one-hundred-dollar bill. (Underworld.) The guy wanted a yard just to fix a little dent in the fender.

yard dog

n. a repellent person; an uncouth person. Is that lousy yard dog hanging around the neighborhood again? See also: dog, yard

yard-sale

n. the site of a crash involving one or more bikes, skateboards, snowboards, etc., where the debris is spread far and wide. (Looking like a disorganized yard-, garage-, or tag-sale. Man, did you see that yard-sale at the last turn?

all wool and a yard wide

Genuine, not a sham. The expression comes from the yard-goods industry, where a seller would claim that a piece of cloth was 100 percent wool and measured fully a yard, in contrast to inferior material and short measures. See also: all, and, wide, wool, yard

whole nine yards, the

The entire distance; the whole thing. The source of this term has been lost, but as usual there are several etymological theories. The following were suggested by William Safire’s correspondents: nine yards once constituted the entire amount put onto a bolt of cloth, and for an ornate garment the “whole nine yards” would be used; the standard large cement mixer holds nine yards of cement, and a big construction job would use up the “whole nine yards”; in the square-rigged, three-masted sailing ship of former times, each mast carried three “yards” (the spars supporting the sails), and the expression “whole nine yards” would mean that the sails were fully set. Novelist Lee Child used it in 61 Hours (2010): “Which means he was ready for a full-blown transaction. A conversation, a discussion, the whole nine yards.”See also: nine, whole

whole nine yards

The entire amount or distance. Of all phrases in the English language, few have as many supposed sources as this one. Among the possibilities are the nine yards of material from which tailors made expensive men's suits; the nine cubic yards of concrete that concrete trucks held; the nine yards (or spars) on a three-masted sailing ship; the volume of grave soil; and the length of a World War II aircraft ammunition belt. However, none of these or any other explanation has been conclusively proven. The phrase first appeared during the 1960s of out Vietnam War writings with no further explanation. Other phrases that refer to everything are “all the marbles,” “the whole shooting match,” “the whole ball of wax,” and “the whole shebang.”See also: nine, whole, yard

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