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yard
1[ yahrd ]
noun
- a common unit of linear measure in English-speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, and equivalent to 0.9144 meter.
- Nautical. a long spar, supported more or less at its center, to which the head of a square sail, lateen sail, or lugsail is bent.
- Informal. a large quantity or extent.
- Slang. one hundred or, usually, one thousand dollars.
yard
2[ yahrd ]
noun
- the ground that immediately adjoins or surrounds a house, public building, or other structure.
- an enclosed area outdoors, often paved and surrounded by or adjacent to a building; court.
It鈥檚 been a long road trip for the Mariners, and they鈥檒l be glad to get back to their own yard on Tuesday.
- an outdoor enclosure designed for the exercise of students, inmates, etc.:
a prison yard.
- an outdoor space surrounded by a group of buildings, as on a college campus.
- a pen or other enclosure for livestock.
- an enclosure within which any work or business is carried on (often used in combination):
navy yard; a brickyard.
- an outside area used for storage, assembly, or the like.
- Railroads. a system of parallel tracks, crossovers, switches, etc., where cars are switched and made up into trains and where cars, locomotives, and other rolling stock are kept when not in use or when awaiting repairs.
- the winter pasture or browsing ground of moose and deer.
- the Yard, British. Scotland Yard ( def 2 ).
verb (used with object)
- to put into, enclose, or store in a yard.
Yard
1/ 箩蓱藧诲 /
noun
- the Yard informal.short for Scotland Yard
yard
2/ 箩蓱藧诲 /
noun
- a unit of length equal to 3 feet and defined in 1963 as exactly 0.9144 metre yd
- 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 sail
- short for yardstick
- put in the hard yards informal.to make a great effort to achieve an end
- the whole nine yards informal.everything that is required; the whole thing
yard
3/ 箩蓱藧诲 /
noun
- a piece of enclosed ground, usually either paved or laid with concrete and often adjoining or surrounded by a building or buildings
- an enclosed or open area used for some commercial activity, for storage, etc
a railway yard
- ( in combination )
a brickyard
a shipyard
- a US and Canadian word for garden
- an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings, used for storing rolling stock, making up trains, etc
- the winter pasture of deer, moose, and similar animals
- an enclosed area used to draw off part of a herd, etc
verb
- to draft (animals), esp to a saleyard
yard
- A unit of length in the US Customary System equal to 3 feet or 36 inches (0.91 meter).
- See Table at measurement
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of yard1
Origin of yard2
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of yard1
Origin of yard2
Idioms and Phrases
- go yard, Baseball Slang. to hit a home run:
It looks as if he may go yard with this one鈥攁nd he does, just inches from the foul pole!
- the whole nine yards, Informal.
- everything that is pertinent, appropriate, or available.
- in all ways; in every respect; all the way:
If you want to run for mayor, I'll be with you the whole nine yards.
More idioms and phrases containing yard
see all wool and a yard wide ; in one's own back yard ; whole nine yards .Example Sentences
Crews are also expected to place 240,000 cubic yards of sand in the area to help 鈥渟tabilize the slope and protect the track.鈥
Miller had 9,721 passing yards and 81 touchdowns in college, but also ran for 2,277 yards and 48 rushing scores, so could be one to watch if he develops as Smith's back-up.
Last season: A two-time Doak Walker Award finalist, Hampton rushed for 1,660 yards and 15 touchdowns as a junior for North Carolina while catching 38 passes for 373 yards and two touchdowns.
Luiz, 65, says Trump is telling undocumented immigrants: "This is my house, my yard, and you're not going to stay here."
Video from the body-worn cameras of several responding officers was obstructed by a fence around Lauren鈥檚 yard; officers could be heard yelling at Lauren to drop her gun for several minutes.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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