yard up
C1 neutral separable transitive
In simple words
To bring animals or things together and put them into a fenced area called a yard.
Literal meaning: To bring something up and into a yard (an enclosed outdoor space).
Meanings
1 C1 neutral
To drive or gather livestock or animals into a yard or enclosure.
"The ranchers yardsed up the cattle before the storm arrived."
Grammar: separable
2 C1 neutral
To collect and store timber or materials in a storage yard.
"The logging crew yardsed up the timber ready for transport at dawn."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Used in agriculture (livestock management), logging (lumber yards), and occasionally railroading (sorting goods in a railway yard). Rare outside specialist industries. Not used in everyday general English.
Commonly used with
cattle lumber timber livestock goods deer
Forms
Base
yard up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
yards up
he/she/it
Past simple
yarded up
yesterday
Past participle
yarded up
have + pp
-ing form
yarding up
continuous
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