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yard

/jɑːd/

/jɑrd/

Translations

yardnoun

yards

/jɑːd/

/jɑrd/

двор

The children are playing in the yard.

Дети играют во дворе.

ярд

The garden is 50 yards long.

Сад длиной 50 ярдов.

Additional translations

судостроительный завод

Synonyms

yardverb

yarded

Past Simple

yarded

Past Participle

yarding

Gerund

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

yardadjective

/jɑːd/

/jɑrd/

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

Definitions

yardnoun

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.

yardverb

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.

yardadjective

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

He spent the afternoon doing yard work.