yards

Noun (1)

yard (plural yards)

1. A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.
   • 'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
2. (Australia, Canada, US) The property surrounding one's house, typically dominated by one's lawn.

   Synonyms:

   garden

3. An enclosed outdoors area designated for a specific purpose, e.g. on farms, railways etc.
   • A little further on, to the right, was a large garage, where the charabancs stood, half in and half out of the yard.1931, Francis Beeding, “2/2”, in Death Walks in Eastrepps
4. A place where moose or deer herd together in winter for pasture, protection, etc.
5. (Jamaica, Multicultural-London-English) One’s house or home.
   • Man’s devilish cunt, tell me nutting about friends, that’s dead
     Cuz I run up in yards,
     No vest, tryna ching man’s chest
     And leave him dead2020 December 15, “We Paid (Remix)”, performed by #GS28 Goose, 0:15–0:21

Noun (2)

yard (plural yards or (UK colloquial) yard)

1. A unit of length equal to 3 feet in the US customary and British imperial systems of measurement, equal to precisely 0.9144 m since 1959 (US) or 1963 (UK).
   • Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’[…].” So I started to back away again into the bushes. But I hadn't backed more'n a couple of yards when I see something so amazing that I couldn't help scooching down behind the bayberries and looking...1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC

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