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noun(yard)a small usually walled and often paved area open to the sky and adjacent to a building : court
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noun(yard)the grounds of a building or group of buildings
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noun(yard)the grounds immediately surrounding a house that are usually covered with grass
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adjective(yard)of, relating to, or employed in the yard surrounding a building
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adjective(yard)of, relating to, or employed in a railroad yard
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verb(yard)to drive into or confine in a restricted area : herd, pen
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verb(yard)to deliver to or store in a yard
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verb(yard)to congregate in or as if in a yard
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noun(yard)any of various units of measure: such as
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noun(yard)a unit of length equal in the U.S. to 0.9144 meter
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noun(yard)a unit of volume equal to a cubic yard
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plural noun(yard)fabrics sold by the yard : piece goods
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noun(yard)a tall annual Old World grass (Eleusine indica) widely distributed as a weed —called also goosegrass
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noun(yard)any of a series of marked or imaginary lines one yard apart on a football field that are parallel to the goal lines and that indicate the distance to the nearest goal line
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noun(yard)the edible 1- to 3-foot (0.3- to 0.9-meter) long thin stringless pod of a south Asian plant of a subspecies (Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis) of the cowpea; also : the plant
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noun(yard)garage sale
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noun(yard)a yard especially for measuring cloth; specifically : a unit of 37 inches equal to the Scottish ell and used also as a length for arrows