(n.) An inclosure or yard for grapevines; a plantation of vines producing grapes.
Example Sentences:
(1) Similar organisms were found in the water at the site of the accident in Boston, and at ocean bathing beaches on nearby Martha's Vineyard.
(2) This seems to be the first experimental confirmation of carcinogenicity of arsenic-containing pesticides used formerly in vineyards.
(3) Obama and his family vacation every August on Martha’s Vineyard, and he has spent most of this year’s trip on the golf course, at the beach and dining at the island’s upscale restaurants.
(4) "We are actively considering what is necessary to deal with that threat and we are not going to be restricted by borders," said Rhodes, briefing reporters at Martha's Vineyard, where the president is on vacation.
(5) From six captures of Drosophila melanogaster carried out in three different habitats (cellar, vineyard, and pinewood) in two different seasons of the year (spring and autumn), 60 eye-colour mutations were isolated, which were reduced to 29 loci by means of allelism tests within and between populations.
(6) There are, it is true, vineyards in the outskirts of Vienna and Bordeaux, and even one in the middle of Bel Air in Los Angeles; but the Clos Montmartre is both more central and more incongruous.
(7) But it is when you search “Vineyard” on the WikiLeaks dump that you realize these people truly inhabit a different world from the rest of us.
(8) After decades dreaming of life among olive trees and vineyards, these days for some reason, we Brits are now projecting our need for the existence of an earthly paradise northwards.
(9) It is, like many of the best vineyards, on a steep slope; it is, like all vineyards, not much to look at (vineyards are to wine as writers are to their books).
(10) Abnormal numbers of birefringent particles have been found in the lungs of seven patients (five vineyard workers, one farmer, and one rural resident) in association with a spectrum of early to late interstitial inflammation and fibrosis.
(11) A winding lane leads into the middle of vineyards where the car has to be parked, and then a five-minute walk brings you out by this ancient stone cottage.
(12) And just as the healthcare debates have been disrupted by an astonishing amount of hateful speech, so the national blogosphere is filled with bitter, ungenerous commentary about the time he cheated on an exam at Harvard; or how he called his political advisers before he called paramedics when his car plunged off a bridge on Martha's Vineyard, leaving the body of Mary Jo Kopechne, a young campaign aide, submerged for nearly nine hours; or whetherhe drank to excess.
(13) Photograph: Alamy Well off the tourist trail, southern Moravia, a hidden corner of the Czech Republic, is a beautiful spot, with lots of vineyards, and the "Garden of Europe", one of the largest artificial landscapes in Europe.
(14) In fact, he planted the world's first vineyard, and then took a fancy to its produce.
(15) n., a parasite in the spiral intestine of the skates Raja ocellata Mitchill and Raja erinacea Mitchill, is described from Vineyard Sound near Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
(16) But asbestos was detected in the soil of vineyards and in the dust of the houses.
(17) Strains of D. melanogaster derived from a vineyard population were more resistant to alcohol in the environment than strains from a population derived from an area removed from the vineyard.
(18) In summer these are wonderful paddling pools for children but, at this time of year, it's about watching big swells whomping into the sea walls and drinking a glass of sauvignon blanc from one of the many vineyards that are stacked up on the hillsides across the bay.
(19) The occupational exposure to copper sulfate, the characteristic pulmonary lesions of vineyard sprayer's lung, and the presence of copper in the liver of these patients define this new variety of hepatic granulomatosis.
(20) Photograph: Alamy Where to stay The Ikarian Winery Eccentric Ikaria takes a little getting to know, and there is no better place to do that than at this agri-tourism-themed vineyard near the island’s north coast.
Yard
Definition:
(v. i.) A rod; a stick; a staff.
(v. i.) A branch; a twig.
(v. i.) A long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc.
(v. i.) A measure of length, equaling three feet, or thirty-six inches, being the standard of English and American measure.
(v. i.) The penis.
(v. i.) A long piece of timber, nearly cylindrical, tapering toward the ends, and designed to support and extend a square sail. A yard is usually hung by the center to the mast. See Illust. of Ship.
(n.) An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of, or around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard; a cowyard; a barnyard.
(n.) An inclosure within which any work or business is carried on; as, a dockyard; a shipyard.
(v. t.) To confine (cattle) to the yard; to shut up, or keep, in a yard; as, to yard cows.
Example Sentences:
(1) Which means Seattle can't give Jones room to make 13-yard catches as they just did.
(2) Osman had gone close before that, flashing a shot over from seven yards after a corner.
(3) There were still 25 seconds left on the clock when Vernon Davis reeled in a catch at the Baltimore nine-yard line, but San Francisco could not convert on second or third down.
(4) When one pig was housed in a hut with a small outside yard a nychthemeral rhythm was sometimes superimposed on that imposed by feeding.
(5) He unleashes a scorching drive from about 18 yards, which Joe Hart tips wide via his right post.
(6) It hasn't been so exposed to the brutal learning culture Scotland Yard has been through with cases like Stephen Lawrence and Victoria Climbié.
(7) The Bears put together a 74 yard drive capped off by a Matt Forte run to give the Bears a one point lead... rather than "run" as I said earlier.
(8) The police on Scotland Yard's press operation Kit Malthouse, assembly member chair, Metropolitan Police Authority "I doubt whether money is changing hands.
(9) Jesús Navas played a one-two with Touré down the right and from his awkward cross the England squad goalkeeper fumbled the ball inside his six-yard area from where Fernando scored with an overhead kick as dextrous as it was surprising.
(10) Until that point, Bravo had looked assured, often straying 30 yards off his goal-line and confident enough to try a couple of passes that many goalkeepers would consider too risky.
(11) Bernard Hogan-Howe, the Metropolitan police commissioner, made the comments as he announced that Scotland Yard has begun two new inquiries.
(12) Yards away from a genuine station, he used a huge funnel to fill up a car sagging under the weight of its occupants and market produce.
(13) Dortmund seemed certain to score after Reus and Grosskreutz swapped passes on the edge of the area and Reuz tapped the ball into the path of Gundogan, charging in to meet it five yards out.
(14) The subjects responded to a mail survey that defined before surgery and after recovery functioning in relation to 22 activities of daily living representing personal care, housework-yard work, and recreation-social activities.
(15) Scotland Yard announced its decision to investigate a few hours after John Prescott, the former deputy prime minister, complained that Deen had not been arrested.
(16) John Yates, a Metropolitan police assistant commissioner, was criticised by the Conservative chairman of the Commons culture and media select committee, John Whittingdale, for failing to disclose information to MPs, but the Yard continues to refuse to say how many victims it has warned, and how many members of the royal household, military, police and government have been warned of evidence that Mulcaire intercepted their voicemail.
(17) As Cavani was shunted of the ball, it broke to Suarez, who aimed a quick-witted toe-poke at the bottom corner from 15 yards, only to be denied by Buffon, who showed tremendous agility to plunge to his right and tip it around the post!
(18) 8.51pm GMT Falcons 27 - Seahawks 21, 3:35 4th of quarter The smash mouth Falcons are back on first down, Turner has 12 more yards.
(19) As one source close to the inquiry put it: “There was a hell of a lot of dirty stuff going on.” Two earlier Yard inquiries had failed to investigate the relevant notes in Mulcaire’s logs.
(20) 7.48pm BST 2 min: Blaszczykowski runs towards the Bayern box for the first time but Ribéry tracks him all the way and eventually dispossesses him some 20 yards out.