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yard

/jɑːd/

/jɑrd/

yardsubstantiv

yards

/jɑːd/

/jɑrd/

Übersetzungen

двор

The children are playing in the yard.

Дети играют во дворе.

ярд

The garden is 50 yards long.

Сад длиной 50 ярдов.

Zusätzliche Übersetzungen

судостроительный завод

Definitionen

A unit of linear measure equal to 3 feet (0.9144 meters).

The fabric is sold by the yard.

A piece of ground adjoining a building or house, typically enclosed, used for growing plants or for recreation.

The children played in the yard after school.

An area of land used for a specific purpose, such as a shipyard or a lumberyard.

The ship was constructed in the yard over several months.

A long spar, tapered toward the ends, to which a sail is bent.

The sailors adjusted the yard to catch the wind.

One billion units of currency (slang, chiefly finance).

The trader moved nearly a yard of euros in a single order.

A tall, narrow drinking glass about one yard in length, traditionally used for drinking ale in a single draught.

He downed a full yard after winning the darts match.

Synonyme

yardverb

yarded

Past Simple

yarded

Past Participle

yarding

Gerund

Used mainly in agriculture to mean ‘to confine livestock to a yard’.

Definitionen

To confine or gather (livestock) in a yard; to pen.

The ranch hands yarded the cattle before dusk.

To haul or drag felled logs to a collection point, especially by cable or tractor.

The crew yarded the logs up the hillside before loading them onto the truck.

yardadjektiv

/jɑːd/

/jɑrd/

Functions attributively (e.g., yard sale, yard work); treated as an adjective.

Definitionen

Situated in, relating to, or intended for a yard.

He spent the afternoon doing yard work.

yardeigenname

Definitionen

The headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police; short for Scotland Yard (usually preceded by "the").

Detectives from the Yard were brought in to investigate the case.