Definitions for Yard
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. yard, pacenoun

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

2. yard, grounds, curtilagenoun

   the enclosed land around a house or other building

   "it was a small house with almost no yard"

3. yardnoun

   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"

4. thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad, G, grand, thou, yardnoun

   the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

5. cubic yard, yardnoun

   a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)

6. yardnoun

   a tract of land where logs are accumulated

7. yard, railway yard, railyardnoun

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

8. yardnoun

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

9. yardnoun

   an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Yardnoun

   or

2. Yardnoun

   Jamaica

3. Etymology: gerd, from West. Cognate with Dutch gard, German Gerte.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Yardnoun

   Etymology: geard , Saxon.

   1. Inclosed ground adjoining to an house.

   One of the lions leaped down into a neighbour’s yard, where, nothing regarding the crowing of the cocks, he eat them up. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

   Xanthus one day sent Æsop into the yard, and bade him look well about him. Roger L'Estrange.

   His wanton kids with budding horns prepar’d,
   Fight harmless battles in his homely yard. Dryden.

   2. [ gerd , Saxon.] A measure of three feet.

   A peer, a counsellor, and a judge, are not to be measured by the common yard, but by the pole of special grace. Francis Bacon.

   The arms, spread cross in a straight line, and measured from one end of the long finger on one hand, to that of the other; made a measure equal to the stature, and is named a fathom. Half of that, viz. from the end of the long finger of either arm, so spread, to the middle of the breast is, with us, called a yard. William Holder, on Time.

   An aqueduct of a Gothick structure, that conveys water from mount St. Francis to Spoletto, from the foundation of the lowest arch to the top, is two hundred and thirty yards. Add.

   3. The supports of the sails.

   A breeze from shore began to blow;
   The sailors ship their oars, and cease to row;
   Then hoist their yards a-trip, and all their sails
   Let fall to court the wind. Dryden.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Yard

   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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. yard

   A yard is a unit of length in the imperial system primarily used in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries that do not commonly use the metric system. It is equivalent to 3 feet, 36 inches, or approximately 0.9144 meters. Additionally, "yard" can also refer to an open area around a house or other building, often covered with grass or plants. The enclosed area may be used for various activities like gardening or outdoor games.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Yardverb

   a rod; a stick; a staff

2. Yardverb

   a branch; a twig

3. Yardverb

   a long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc

4. Yardverb

   a measure of length, equaling three feet, or thirty-six inches, being the standard of English and American measure

5. Yardverb

   the penis

6. Yardverb

   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

7. Yardnoun

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

8. Yardnoun

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

9. Yardverb

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

10. Etymology: [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.]

WikidataRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Yard

   A yard is a unit of length in several different systems including United States customary units, Imperial units and the former English units. It is equal to 3 feet or 36 inches. Under an agreement in 1959 between Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States, the yard was legally defined to be exactly 0.9144 metres. Prior to that date, the legal definition of the yard when expressed in terms of metric units varied slightly from country to country.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Yard

   yärd, n. an English measure of 3 feet or 36 inches: a long beam on a mast for spreading square sails: the penis.—ns. Yard′-arm, either half of a ship's yard (right or left) from the centre to the end; Yard′stick, a stick 3 feet long, any standard of measurement—also Yard′wand. [A.S. gyrd, gierd, a rod, measure; Dut. garde, Ger. gerte; further conn. with Goth. gazds, a stick, L. hasta, a spear.]

2. Yard

   yärd, n. an enclosed place, esp. near a building, as 'prison-yard,' or where any special work is carried on, as 'brick-yard,' 'wood-yard,' 'dock-yard,' 'navy-yard:' a garden.—v.t. to enclose in a yard.—ns. Yard′age, the use of a yard, or the charge made for such: the cutting of coal at so much per yard; Yard′-land, the amount of land held by a tenant in villeinage, in older English usage, varying from 15 to 40 acres; Yard′man, the person having special charge of a farm-yard: one employed in a railway-yard in making up trains, &c.; Yard′-mas′ter, one who has the special oversight of a railway-yard. [A.S. geard, hedge, enclosure; Ger. garten; conn. with L. hortus, Gr. chortos.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. yard

   A measure of length, consisting of 3 feet.

2. yard

   [Anglo-Saxon gyrde]. A long cylindrical timber suspended upon the mast of a vessel to spread a sail. They are termed square, lateen, or lug: the first are suspended across the masts at right angles, and the two latter obliquely. The square yards taper from the middle, which is called the slings, towards the extremities, which are termed the yard-arms; and the distance between is divided by the artificers into quarters, called the first, second, third quarters, and yard-arms. The middle quarters are formed into eight sides, and each of the end parts is figured like the frustum of a cone: on the alternate sides of the octagon, in large spars, oak battens are brought on and hooped, so as to strengthen, and yet not greatly increase, the weight.--To brace the yards. To traverse them about the masts, so as to form greater or lesser angles with the ship's length. (See BRACE.)--To square the yards. (See SQUARE.)

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1. YARD

   What does YARD stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the YARD acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

2. Yard

   Yard vs. Yardstick -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Yard and Yardstick.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. YARD

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Yard is ranked #17159 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Yard surname appeared 1,651 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Yard.
   
   74.2% or 1,225 total occurrences were White.
   16.2% or 268 total occurrences were Black.
   7% or 117 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.2% or 21 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Enclosure
   • Field
   • Large Integer
   • Linear Unit
   • Spar
   • Tract
   • Volume Unit

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Yard' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3216

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Yard' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2093

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Yard' in Nouns Frequency: #675

Anagrams for Yard »

1. adry

2. dray

How to pronounce Yard?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Yard in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Yard in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Yard in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Yard in a Sentence

1. Wayne Brady:

   Our quarantiningis a little different, we quarantine between both of our homes and Ive got a big back yard and lots of land, so we both share this land and this space, mandie, her boyfriend Jason, my daughter Maile, we are a family, so were like this new, nuclear family...

2. Jennifer Marlon:

   What we think of as climate change is now becoming very personal, it's not far away anymore it's now in our front yard, it's in our backyards, it's in our basements, it's even in our lungs as breathing smoke from these wildfires.

3. Chris Christie:

   These guys are just throwing school-yard insults, we don't care if they don't like each other. We don't care if they respect each other. We should be talking about the problems of the American people. That's not what they are doing.

4. Tony Scott:

   If you’re decorating in the yard, is the grass really dry where you’re putting these lights ?

5. Bob Webb:

   ' You'll do a lot better here with the grandkids. You can play games. There's a big yard. You can do some gardening,'.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Yard
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Yard
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Yard
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yard
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Yard
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Yard
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Yard
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=Yard
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html