yard
noun
a common unit of linear measure in English-speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, and equivalent to 0.9144 meter.
yarded
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past participleof yard.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof yard.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
yardnouna common unit of linear measure in English-speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, and equivalent to 0.9144 meter.
Example Sentences
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Often on horseback, he yarded and penned cattle.
From Time Magazine Archive
When Atik returned, Miyax told him he did not need to go to the mountains—that a large herd was yarded not far up the river.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
Such dust baths should be especially provided for yarded chickens and during the winter.
From The Dollar Hen by Milo M. (Milo Milton) Hastings
I, too, had rest; but it was only the ignominious idleness of a young boat with a broken propeller yarded among honourably worn-out craft to await a foundering.
From Some Everyday Folk and Dawn by Miles Franklin
A mob that had travelled a long way was often yarded the night before the sales.
From The Pioneers by Katharine Susannah Prichard
