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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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