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yard

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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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it. Truman Capote

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. Robert Frost

Marry an outdoors woman. Then if you throw her out into the yard on a cold night, she can still survive. W. C. Fields

The grass is always greener on your neighbor's yard. Portuguese Proverb

Two cocks in one yard do not agree. Italian Proverb

He was never good since the time a yard made a coat for him. Irish Proverb

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