Definitions for YARDS
yards

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1. yardsnoun

   The totality of the sailing rig.

   Her yards were bare and cockabill.

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1. yards

   The yard (symbol: yd) is an English unit of length in both the British imperial and US customary systems of measurement equalling 3 feet or 36 inches. Since 1959 it has been by international agreement standardized as exactly 0.9144 meter. A distance of 1,760 yards is equal to 1 mile. The US survey yard is very slightly longer.

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1. Yards

   Yards is an unincorporated community straddling the border between Tazewell County, Virginia and Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. Yards is located on the Bluestone River, 4 miles northwest of Bluefield, Virginia. Yards had a post office on the Virginia side of the border from 1888 until May 28, 1994. The community was named for its railroad yards.

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1. yards

   See DOCKYARDS.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'YARDS' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2810

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'YARDS' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2868

Anagrams for YARDS »

1. drays

2. Dryas

3. dryas

How to pronounce YARDS?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of YARDS in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of YARDS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of YARDS in a Sentence

1. John Boehner:

   Keep the country's best interest in mind and have the courage to do what you can do, in our system of government, it's not about Hail Mary passes. It's the Woody Hayes school of football -- three yards and a cloud of dust. Three yards and a cloud of dust. It's a slow, methodical process.

2. Boston College:

   I want to reach whatever potential I can, so I dont have a (goal) for however many yards or average yards per carry, because the thing is, if my team needs me to run down the clock in the fourth quarter and Im getting a bunch of 1-yard gains, Im fine with that and Im happy with that. I dont really care what it might look like at the very end on the stat line.

3. Phil Mickelson:

   I flew it by him 25 yards, i have gotten a lot more speed in the offseason. That really bothered him. So the 14th hole is a dogleg right to left. I guess he really hammered one. I had not played the hole before. I just hit a little stock cut. ... He was 11 yards by me. If that's what it takes to stroke his ego, then that's what it takes. Had I known that he was going to make a big deal about it, I would have swung a fraction harder and put it past him.

4. Patrick Reed:

   When I hit 6-iron normally 200 yards and I'm pulling 6-iron from 170, it's tough, the main thing was just to stay in my golf swing and just be comfortable and try to be confident that's the club to hit from those distances. I feel like I did a good job.

5. Gretchen Whitmer:

   Threats continue, i have looked out my windows and seen large groups of heavily armed people within 30 yards of my home. I have seen myself hung in effigy. Days ago at a demonstration, there was a sign that called for ‘burning the witch.’.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Yards
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yards
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=YARDS
4. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=YARDS