Definitions for 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

   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, Dryas, dryas

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1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Passenger Emilie Wyrick:

   We'll move for a few hundred yards, then we stop. It's going to be like this for hours, they have to manually switch every signal we come across to ensure the train and any cars that may be crossing are all safe.

2. Penn State coach James Franklin:

   THE TAKEAWAY Penn State : The mistakes proved costly. Penn State coach James Franklin will be on major clean-up duty this week after seeing three red-zone possessions end without points, three missed field goals, two interceptions, one lost fumble, a muffed punt and a fumbled kickoff return in addition to Fords late TD run and the late defensive breakdowns. Indiana : This victory is a huge step for the program. Allen know the Hoosiers need to start beating ranked teams more consistently, and this one came on a day the defense played reasonably well and the offense managed only 221 yards 19:35 of possession time. POLL IMPLICATIONS Penn State will slip in the Top 25, perhaps precipitously. The defense played well but broke down late while the offense and special teams werent anywhere near championship caliber. Its turnovers and penalties.

3. 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.

4. Jimmy Novak:

   Everywhere I go, people want to help me be successful, so, Ive walked into strangers yards to ask for water and had them not only fill up my water, but offer me a place to stay for the night and a meal.

5. Kathleen Stewart:

   Everyone ran without thinking. It took out a wall ..., i heard the car when it when he went through the wall. It was so loud. I was standing about 30 to 50 yards away. I saw two people that were dead -- one person was getting resuscitation and it didn't work, and they put a sheet on her body. A lot of people were injured.

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