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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Yard \Yard\, n. [OE. yerd, AS. gierd, gyrd, a rod, stick, a
     measure, a yard; akin to OFries. ierde, OS. gerda, D. garde,
     G. gerte, OHG. gartia, gerta, gart, Icel. gaddr a goad,
     sting, Goth. gazds, and probably to L. hasta a spear. Cf.
     Gad, n., Gird, n., Gride, v. i., Hastate.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. A rod; a stick; a staff. [Obs.] --P. Plowman.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              If men smote it with a yerde.         --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A branch; a twig. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The bitter frosts with the sleet and rain
              Destroyed hath the green in every yerd. --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. A measure of length, equaling three feet, or thirty-six
        inches, being the standard of English and American
        measure.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. The penis.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. (Naut.) A long piece of timber, nearly cylindrical,
        tapering toward the ends, and designed to support and
        extend a square sail. A yard is usually hung by the center
        to the mast. See Illust. of Ship.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     7. (Zo["o]l.) A place where moose or deer herd together in
        winter for pasture, protection, etc.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     Golden Yard, or Yard and Ell (Astron.), a popular name of
        the three stars in the belt of Orion.
  
     Under yard [i. e., under the rod], under contract. [Obs.]
        --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Yard \Yard\, v. t.
     To confine (cattle) to the yard; to shut up, or keep, in a
     yard; as, to yard cows.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Yard \Yard\, n. [OE. yard, yerd, AS. geard; akin to OFries.
     garda garden, OS. gardo garden, gard yard, D. gaard garden,
     G. garten, OHG. garto garden, gari inclosure, Icel. gar[eth]r
     yard, house, Sw. g[*a]rd, Dan. gaard, Goth. gards a house,
     garda sheepfold, L. hortus garden, Gr. cho`rtos an inclosure.
     Cf. Court, Garden, Garth, Horticulture, Orchard.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of,
        or around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard; a cowyard; a
        barnyard.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              A yard . . . inclosed all about with sticks
              In which she had a cock, hight chanticleer.
                                                    --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. An inclosure within which any work or business is carried
        on; as, a dockyard; a shipyard.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Liberty of the yard, a liberty, granted to persons
        imprisoned for debt, of walking in the yard, or within any
        other limits prescribed by law, on their giving bond not
        to go beyond those limits.
  
     Prison yard, an inclosure about a prison, or attached to
        it.
  
     Yard+grass+(Bot.),+a+low-growing+grass+({Eleusine+Indica" rel="nofollow">Yard grass (Bot.), a low-growing grass ({Eleusine Indica)
        having digitate spikes. It is common in dooryards, and
        like places, especially in the Southern United States.
        Called also crab grass.
  
     Yard of land. See Yardland.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Yard \Yard\, n. [OE. yerd, AS. gierd, gyrd, a rod, stick, a
     measure, a yard; akin to OFries. ierde, OS. gerda, D. garde,
     G. gerte, OHG. gartia, gerta, gart, Icel. gaddr a goad,
     sting, Goth. gazds, and probably to L. hasta a spear. Cf.
     Gad, n., Gird, n., Gride, v. i., Hastate.]
     1. A rod; a stick; a staff. [Obs.] --P. Plowman.
  
              If men smote it with a yerde.         --Chaucer.
  
     2. A branch; a twig. [Obs.]
  
              The bitter frosts with the sleet and rain Destroyed
              hath the green in every yerd.         --Chaucer.
  
     3. A long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc. [Obs.]
  
     4. A measure of length, equaling three feet, or thirty-six
        inches, being the standard of English and American
        measure.
  
     5. The penis.
  
     6. (Naut.) A long piece of timber, nearly cylindrical,
        tapering toward the ends, and designed to support and
        extend a square sail. A yard is usually hung by the center
        to the mast. See Illust. of Ship.
  
     Golden Yard, or Yard and Ell (Astron.), a popular name of
        the three stars in the belt of Orion.
  
     Under yard [i. e., under the rod], under contract. [Obs.]
        --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Yard \Yard\, v. t.
     To confine (cattle) to the yard; to shut up, or keep, in a
     yard; as, to yard cows.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Yard \Yard\, n. [OE. yard, yerd, AS. geard; akin to OFries.
     garda garden, OS. gardo garden, gard yard, D. gaard garden,
     G. garten, OHG. garto garden, gari inclosure, Icel. gar[eth]r
     yard, house, Sw. g[*a]rd, Dan. gaard, Goth. gards a house,
     garda sheepfold, L. hortus garden, Gr. cho`rtos an inclosure.
     Cf. Court, Garden, Garth, Horticulture, Orchard.]
     1. An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of,
        or around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard; a cowyard; a
        barnyard.
  
              A yard . . . inclosed all about with sticks In which
              she had a cock, hight chanticleer.    --Chaucer.
  
     2. An inclosure within which any work or business is carried
        on; as, a dockyard; a shipyard.
  
     Liberty of the yard, a liberty, granted to persons
        imprisoned for debt, of walking in the yard, or within any
        other limits prescribed by law, on their giving bond not
        to go beyond those limits.
  
     Prison yard, an inclosure about a prison, or attached to
        it.
  
     Yard+grass+(Bot.),+a+low-growing+grass+({Eleusine+Indica" rel="nofollow">Yard grass (Bot.), a low-growing grass ({Eleusine Indica)
        having digitate spikes. It is common in dooryards, and
        like places, especially in the Southern United States.
        Called also crab grass.
  
     Yard of land. See Yardland.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Yard \Yard\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
     A place where moose or deer herd together in winter for
     pasture, protection, etc.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  yard
       n 1: a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44
            centimeters; originally taken to be the average length
            of a stride [syn: pace]
       2: the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was
          a small house with almost no yard" [syn: grounds, curtilage]
       3: a tract of land enclosed for particular activities
          (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings);
          "they opened a repair yard on the edge of town"
       4: an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for
          storage and maintenance of cars and engines [syn: railway
          yard]
       5: an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)
       6: a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel) [syn: cubic yard]
       7: a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to
          support and spread a square sail or lateen
       8: the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 [syn:
          thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad, G,
           grand, thou]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  yard
     Γαλλικά n.
     ((ετ μονάδα μέτρησης fr 0=-) ''μήκος'') η γιάρδα
     Ιταλικά vb.
     ((ετ μονάδα μέτρησης it 0=-) ''μήκος'') η γιάρδα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  yard
     French n.
     yard#English (gloss: unit of length)
     Italian n.
     (l en yard) (gloss: unit of length)
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm yerd)
     Romanian n.
     (l en yard)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Yard
     n.
     1 (w: Scotland Yard) or (w: New Scotland Yard)
     2 (lb en Jamaica) Jamaica
     3 (lb en figurative metonym) The (w: Metropolitan Police Service)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  yard
     n.
     A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially)
  within the precincts of a house or other building.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To confine to a yard.
     n.
     A unit of length equal to 3 feet in the US customary and British
  imperial systems of measurement, equal to precisely
  0.9144&nbsp;meter since 1959 (US) or 1963 (UK).
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive jocular) To move a yard at a time, as opposed to
  ''inch'' along.
     n.
     (lb en finance) 10<sup>9</sup>, A
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long%20and%20short%20scales
  billion#English; a
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long%20and%20short%20scales thousand
  millions or milliard.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Yard
     n.
     1 (w: Scotland Yard) or (w: New Scotland Yard)
     2 (lb en Jamaica) Jamaica
     3 (lb en figurative metonym) The (w: Metropolitan Police Service)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  yard
     French n.
     yard#English (gloss: unit of length)
     Italian n.
     (l en yard) (gloss: unit of length)
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm yerd)
     Romanian n.
     (l en yard)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Yard
     n.
     1 (w: Scotland Yard) or (w: New Scotland Yard)
     2 (lb en Jamaica) Jamaica
     3 (lb en figurative metonym) The (w: Metropolitan Police Service)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  yard
     French n.
     yard#English (gloss: unit of length)
     Italian n.
     (l en yard) (gloss: unit of length)
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm yerd)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Yard
     n.
     1 (w: Scotland Yard) or (w: New Scotland Yard)
     2 (lb en Jamaica) Jamaica
     3 (lb en figurative metonym) The (w: Metropolitan Police Service)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  yard
     Englanti n.
     1 jaardi (+luokka en yksikkö)
     2 (yhteys merenkulku k=en) raaka
     3 piha, pihamaa
     4 kenttä, -tarha, laani
     5 (yhteys jamaikanenglantia k=en) jonkun talo tai muu asunto

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  yard
     n.
     anglosaxisk längdenhet motsvarande tre engelska fot eller cirka 0,91
  meter

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  yard
     n.
     anglosaxisk längdenhet motsvarande tre engelska fot eller cirka 0,91
  meter

From Deutsch-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2020.10.04 : [ freedict:deu-bul ]


  Yard /jaːɐ̯t/ 
  ярд
  ein englisches Längenmaß, das etwa 0,91 Meter entspricht

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:deu-eng ]


  Yard /jˈaɾt/ 
  yard yd.,  /ˈyːt/
        "Länge in Yard"  - yardage
   see: Yards, Volumen in Kubikyard
  
           Note: Längenmaß

From Deutsch-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-fra ]


  Yard /jaːɐ̯t/ 
  yard
  ein englisches Längenmaß, das etwa 0,91 Meter entspricht

From Deutsch-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-ind ]


  Yard /jaːɐ̯t/ 
  yard
  ein englisches Längenmaß, das etwa 0,91 Meter entspricht

From Deutsch-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-pol ]


  Yard /jaːɐ̯t/ 
  jard, yard
  ein englisches Längenmaß, das etwa 0,91 Meter entspricht

From Deutsch-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-spa ]


  Yard /jaːɐ̯t/ 
  yarda
  ein englisches Längenmaß, das etwa 0,91 Meter entspricht

From Deutsch-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-swe ]


  Yard /jaːɐ̯t/ 
  yard
  ein englisches Längenmaß, das etwa 0,91 Meter entspricht

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  yard /jˈɑːd/
  yard

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Yard /jˈɑːd/
  السّاحة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  yard //jɑɹd// //jɑːd// 
  1. депо
  enclosed area for a specific purpose
  2. двор
  land around a house
  3. банкнота от 100 долара
  slang: one hundred units of currency
  4. ярд
  three feet