yard

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈjɑːd/]

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1. yard (noun) — sense 1

Definition: 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).

Example: 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 at it.

2. yard (noun) — sense 2

Definition: Units of similar composition or length in other systems.

3. yard (noun) — sense 3

Definition: Any spar carried aloft.

4. yard (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To move a yard at a time, as opposed to inching along.

Example: He inched his way up the corridor as if he would rather be yarding his way down it, which was true.

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