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yard: an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock); a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen; the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard"; an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines; a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings); "they opened a repair yard on the edge of town"; a tract of land where logs are accumulated; a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride

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mast collapse: a vertical spar for supporting sails; any sturdy upright pole; nuts of forest trees used as feed for swine; nuts of forest trees (as beechnuts and acorns) accumulated on the ground; used especially as food for swine

beleaguer collapse

spar collapse: making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer; a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging; any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable; fight verbally; "They were sparring all night"; box lightly; fight with spurs; "the gamecocks were sparring"; furnish with spars

fence in collapse

incarcerate collapse

imprison collapse: lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"; confine as if in a prison; "His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone"

hem in collapse: surround in a restrictive manner; "The building was hemmed in by flowers"

besiege collapse: harass, as with questions or requests; "The press photographers besieged the movie star"; surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"; cause to feel distressed or worried; "She was besieged by so many problems that she got discouraged"

impound collapse: place or shut up in a pound; "pound the cows so they don't stray"; take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"

close in collapse: advance or converge on; "The police were closing in on him"

wall in collapse: enclose with a wall

enshrine collapse: enclose in a shrine; "the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral"; hold sacred

box in collapse: enclose or confine as if in a box

cage collapse: an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept; the net that is the goal in ice hockey; United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992); something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement; confine in a cage; "The animal was caged"

kennel collapse: outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog; put up in a kennel; "kennel a dog"

container collapse: any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)

courtyard collapse

suspender collapse

quart collapse: a United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon; a United States dry unit equal to 2 pints or 67.2 cubic inches; a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters

encircle collapse: form a circle around; "encircle the errors"

coop collapse

napery collapse

gaol collapse

corral collapse: collect or gather; "corralling votes for an election"; arrange wagons so that they form a corral; enclose in a corral; "corral the horses"

enclave collapse: an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it

Scotland Yard collapse: the detective department of the metropolitan police force of London

law enforcement agency collapse: an agency responsible for insuring obedience to the laws

Mounties collapse

military police collapse: a military corps that enforces discipline and guards prisoners

Gestapo collapse: the secret state police in Nazi Germany; known for its terrorist methods

vigilantes collapse

enclose collapse: surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"; close in or confine

quarantine collapse: isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease; enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease; place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons; "My dog was quarantined before he could live in England"

white goods collapse: drygoods for household use that are typically made of white cloth; large electrical home appliances (refrigerators or washing machines etc.) that are typically finished in white enamel

mew collapse: the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America; utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls

sportswear collapse: attire worn for sport or for casual wear

wrap collapse: cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person; a sandwich in which the filling is rolled up in a soft tortilla; arrange or fold as a cover or protection; "wrap the baby before taking her out"; "Wrap the present"

jail collapse: a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

cordon collapse: adornment consisting of an ornamental ribbon or cord; cord or ribbon worn as an insignia of honor or rank

include collapse: add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category; "We must include this chemical element in the group"; consider as part of something; "I include you in the list of culprits"; have as a part, be made up out of; "The list includes the names of many famous writers"

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