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• Yard with Lunatics — Yard with Lunatics, 43.8cm x 32.7cm. c. 1794 Yard with Lunatics (Spanish: Corral de locos) is a small oil on tinplate painting completed by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya between 1793 and 1794. Goya said that the painting was informed by… …   Wikipedia

• Yard — Yard, n. [OE. yard, yerd, AS. geard; akin to OFries. garda garden, OS. gardo garden, gard yard, D. gaard garden, G. garten, OHG. garto garden, gari inclosure, Icel. gar[eth]r yard, house, Sw. g[*a]rd, Dan. gaard, Goth. gards a house, garda… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Yard grass — Yard Yard, n. [OE. yard, yerd, AS. geard; akin to OFries. garda garden, OS. gardo garden, gard yard, D. gaard garden, G. garten, OHG. garto garden, gari inclosure, Icel. gar[eth]r yard, house, Sw. g[*a]rd, Dan. gaard, Goth. gards a house, garda… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Yard of land — Yard Yard, n. [OE. yard, yerd, AS. geard; akin to OFries. garda garden, OS. gardo garden, gard yard, D. gaard garden, G. garten, OHG. garto garden, gari inclosure, Icel. gar[eth]r yard, house, Sw. g[*a]rd, Dan. gaard, Goth. gards a house, garda… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• yard — W2S2 [ja:d US ja:rd] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(measure)¦ 2¦(enclosed area)¦ 3¦(garden)¦ 4¦(back of house)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Sense: 1; Origin: Old English geard, gierd stick ] [Sense: 2 4; Origin: Old E …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• yard — [ jard ] noun count *** 1. ) AMERICAN an area around a house that is used for sitting, playing, and growing plants in. British garden a ) an enclosed area around a large building where people can do activities outside: a school/prison yard b ) a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• yard — noun 1 piece of land next to a building ADJECTIVE ▪ front ▪ back (usually backyard), rear (esp. BrE) ▪ church (usually churchyard), farm (usually …   Collocations dictionary

• yard — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English geard enclosure, yard; akin to Old High German gart enclosure, Latin hortus garden Date: before 12th century 1. a. a small usually walled and often paved area open to the sky and adjacent to a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Yard (land) — A yard is an enclosed area of land, usually tied to a building. The word comes from the same linguistic root as the word garden and has many of the same meanings. Indeed both terms can loosely be used interchangeably, and may thus be maintained… …   Wikipedia

• yard — [[t]jɑ͟ː(r)d[/t]] ♦♦ yards 1) N COUNT: num N, oft N of n A yard is a unit of length equal to thirty six inches or approximately 91.4 centimetres. The incident took place about 500 yards from where he was standing... A few yards away, José Vargas… …   English dictionary

• yard */*/*/ — UK [jɑː(r)d] / US [jɑrd] noun [countable] Word forms yard : singular yard plural yards 1) a unit for measuring length. There are three feet or 36 inches in a yard. One yard is equal to 0.91 metres. 2) an enclosed area around a large building… …   English dictionary