yard
Speech parts
1. yard - Noun
2. yard - Verb
3. Yard - Proper noun
Meaning
The penis.
A rod; a stick; a staff.
A branch; a twig.
A long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc.
A measure of length, equaling three feet, or thirty-six inches, being the standard of English and American measure.
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.
An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of, or around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard; a cowyard; a barnyard.
An inclosure within which any work or business is carried on; as, a dockyard; a shipyard.
To confine (cattle) to the yard; to shut up, or keep, in a yard; as, to yard cows.
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Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it.
Talking is a hydrant in the yard and writing is a faucet upstairs in the house. Opening the first takes the pressure off the second.
Marry an outdoors woman. Then if you throw her out into the yard on a cold night, she can still survive.
The grass is always greener on your neighbor's yard.
Two cocks in one yard do not agree.
He was never good since the time a yard made a coat for him.