A1verb · transitive · common

yard

yard · yards · yarded · yarding

To confine to a yardTo confine to a yard.

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UK/ˈjɑːd/US/ˈjɑɹd/

» Tom has three apple trees in his yard.

Tom hat in seinem Garten drei Apfelbäume. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

У Тома три яблони в саду. — Balamax

У Тома на подвір'ї три яблуні. — deniko

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Meaning

2 senses

(transitive)To confine to a yard.
(humorous, intransitive)To move a yard at a time, as opposed to inching along.

Examples

492 sentences

Tom has three apple trees in his yard.
У Тома на подвір'ї три яблуні. — deniko
ruУ Тома три яблони в саду. — Balamax
deTom hat in seinem Garten drei Apfelbäume. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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We found a poor little cat in the yard.
Ми знайшли на подвір'ї бідне котеня. — aandrusiak
deWir haben ein armes, kleines Kätzchen im Garten gefunden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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I saw the dirty dog go into the yard.
Я бачив як брудний пес заходить на подвір'я. — ChickenKiev
ruЯ видел, как грязный пёс зашёл во двор. — Tavat
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We planted several trees in our front yard.
Ми посадили кілька дерев перед нашим будинком. — deniko
ruМы посадили в палисаднике несколько деревьев. — Selena777
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The typhoon knocked down a tree in my yard.
Тайфун повалив дерево у мене на подвір’ї. — Ahha
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Origin

From Middle English yerd, yard, ȝerd, ȝeard, from Old English ġeard (“yard, garden, fence,

From Middle English yerd, yard, ȝerd, ȝeard, from Old English ġeard (“yard, garden, fence, enclosure”), from Proto-West Germanic *gard, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz (“enclosure, yard”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose”).

From Middle English yerde, yerd, ȝerde, from Old English ġierd (“branch; rod, staff; measuring stick; yardland”), from Proto-West Germanic *gaʀd, from Proto-Germanic *gazdaz. Cognate with Dutch gard (“twig”), German Gerte and probably related to Latin hasta (“spear”).

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Forms

yards, yarding, yarded, yarded

Base form	yard · to yard
3rd person singular	yards
Present participle	yarding
Past simple	yarded
Past participle	yarded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	yard
he, she, it	yards

Past simpleLesson

all persons

yarded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have yarded
he, she, it	has yarded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will yard

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

Collocations

12 patterns

front yard
in the yard
the front yard
a yard sale
his front yard
yard sale
our front yard
into our yard
in his yard
having a yard
in my yard
back yard