Thesaurus: yard

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1. v. i. A rod; a stick; a staff.
2. v. i. A branch; a twig.
3. v. i. A long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc.
4. v. i. A measure of length, equaling three feet, or thirty-six inches, being the standard of English and American measure.
5. v. i. The penis.
6. v. i. 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.
7. n. An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of, or around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard; a cowyard; a barnyard.
8. n. An inclosure within which any work or business is carried on; as, a dockyard; a shipyard.
9. v. t. To confine (cattle) to the yard; to shut up, or keep, in a yard; as, to yard cows.
10. n. a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
11. n. the enclosed land around a house or other building
12. n. a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings)