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to yard

1 7.8
To bring animals or goods into an enclosed area
  • verb
  • /jɑrd/
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  • Katie Busch is studying which wildlife species use which yards in several Northern Virginia communities for her George Mason University (GMU) master's degree thesis.

Examples

Compounds

62 1.0

A piece of land in front of a house next to the street

58 3.4

A marked line on a football field showing how many yards the ball is from the nearest goal line

33 1.6

A sale outside a home where people sell used things

12 3.5

The main office of London's police detectives

5 2.1

An area of land at the side of a house used for a small garden or play

4 2.6

A measure of space equal to a cube one yard on each side, used for soil or gravel

3 1.8

A unit of area equal to a square one yard on each side

1 4.2

A place where the military builds and fixes ships

1 1.7

A yard where chickens are kept

1 5.1

A fenced area where animals like sheep wait briefly before someone moves them

The main offices of the London police and their detectives

1 3.8

A place with many train tracks where train engines and cars are kept and fixed

royal yard
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A long horizontal pole high on a sailing ship mast that holds the highest sail

1 2.8

A marker on a football field showing the position of a yard line

A historic Navy shipyard in Boston that is home to the warship Constitution

A historic navy shipyard in Boston where the warship Constitution is anchored

fore-yard
  • Specialized
9.9

A horizontal pole on a sailing ship that holds the sail at the front

main yard
  • Specialized
9.9

A long pole across a ship with square sails that holds the main sail

A place by train tracks where workers sort and attach freight cars

3.6

A small fenced area where hens live

inn yard
  • Archaic
5.5

An open yard at an inn where people meet and tie horses

8.2

A long narrow workplace where people make strong lines for ships

top-gallant yard
  • Specialized
9.9

A long horizontal pole high on a sailing ship that holds the topgallant sail

topgallant yard
  • Specialized
9.9

A long horizontal pole high on a sailing ship that holds the sail above the topsail

An area of land where people put rubbish

A long green bean with very long pods used as a vegetable

yard ape
  • Slang
9.9

A lively child who likes to climb and play noisy games

yard bird
  • Offensive
9.9

A new soldier who does only boring chores as punishment

yard bird
  • Slang
9.9

A person serving time in jail or prison

yard donkey
  • Specialized
9.9

A machine with an engine that pulls logs to a loading area

3.9

Cloth sold in lengths, usually measured in yards, for sewing and crafts

5.7

A person who works in a railway yard assembling or taking apart trains

2.1

A person who cares for gardens and cuts grass

A rough grass that grows as a common yard weed with thin flower spikes

A ruler exactly one yard long used to measure cloth and short distances

How Forceful

to drive
458 1.0
to corral
12 5.2
to yard
1 7.8
to round up
169 3.2
to herd
  • Offensive
22 3.6
to lead
1.0

Surface Forms

yard infinitive
yarded past
yarded past participle
yarding present participle
yards third person singular

Etymology

Yard as a verb comes from the noun yard meaning 'enclosed area', so to yard animals is simply to bring them into that fenced space or pen. That's why farmers say they 'yard' cattle or sheep when they move them into a yard for safety.