yard

verb

yarded; yarding; yards

transitive verb

1

: to drive into or confine in a restricted area : herd, pen

2

: to deliver to or store in a yard

intransitive verb

: to congregate in or as if in a yard

Examples of yard in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Arvada police officials warned residents earlier this week that the city had seen an uptick in bear sightings, and at least one bear has been spotted wandering from yard to yard in Wheat Ridge. —Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 21 May 2026

Packed into a small, makeshift press conference room just yards away from fans filtering along the brick concourse of Notre Dame Stadium, head coach Spencer Danielson fielded questions about the Boise State offense and, in particular, his quarterback. —Idaho Statesman, 7 Oct. 2025

These genius display ideas, from simple to elaborate, will make your Halloween yard the envy of the neighborhood. —Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025

Scaling from lab to yard Because CHSN01 is based on existing Nitronic production routes, Chinese mills were able to scale quickly. —Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1758, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Phrases Containing yard

• cloth yard
• front yard
• main yard
• navy yard
• timber yard
• yard goods
• yard grass
• yard line
• yard-long bean
• yard sale
• yard work

Rhymes for yard

• bard
• barred
• card
• chard
• charred
• guard
• hard
• jarred
• lard
• marred
• nard
• scarred

Kids Definition

yard

1 of 2 noun

ˈyärd 

1

a

: a small often enclosed area open to the sky and next to a building

b

: the grounds of a building (as the grassy area around a house)

2

a

: an enclosure for livestock

b

: an area with its buildings and equipment set aside for a particular activity

a navy yard

c

: a system of railroad tracks for keeping and repairing cars

yard

2 of 2 noun

1

: any of various units of measure

especially : a unit of length equal in the U.S. to 0.9144 meter see measure

2

: a long pole tapered toward the ends that supports and spreads the top of a sail

Etymology

Old English geard "an enclosed space, yard"

Old English gierd "twig, measure"