yak
1> _. ,  ,   (Poephagus
grunniens)
2> _. , 
3> _.  ; 
4> _.   ;  
 
5> _. ;  
6> _. , 
7> _. , ; 
8>  , 

yak-yak
1> _. , ,     
2> _. , 
_Ex:
they yak-yakked for an hour    

yakety-yak
1> _. , ,     
2> _. , 
_Ex:
they yakety-yakked for an hour    

yakka
1> _. _.  

yakker
1> _. , 

Yakut
1> ; 
_Ex:
the Yakut(s) _. 
2>  
3> 

yale
1>    (. yale lock)
2>       ( )

Yale
1>   (. Yale University)
_Ex:
Yale blue - 

yam
1> _. ,  (Dioscorea gen.)
2> _. 
3> _. ,   (  )

yam stick
1> _.   ( )

yammer
1> _. , , 
2> _. ; 
3> _. , 
4> _. , , 
5> _. , , 
6> _.   ,  
_Ex:
caused the purists to yammer for censorship  
  
7> _.  , 

yammerer
1> _. , 
2> _. 

Yang
1> _. _. ,  

Yank
1> _. , 

yank
1> _. , 
_Ex:
to give the door a yank  () 
2> _.  
3> _. , 
_Ex:
to yank on the brake     ()
_Ex:
to yank out a tooth  
_Ex:
to yank smb. out of the water  -.  
_Ex:
to yank smb. off  -.
_Ex:
yank down on the bell rope    ()
4> _.  ( );  
5> _. , 
6> _.    ( )

Yankee
1> , 
2> _. ,   
3> _. ,  (    )
4> _. _. ,    (  
1861-1865 .)
5> _.  ,    
6>   
7> _pl. _. _.   
8> (y.) _.    "y"
9> ,   
10> _.    
11> _. ,    
12> _. _.    ,   (
  1861-1865 .)
_Id:
Yankee State " " (   )

Yankee Doodle
1> " " (    )
2> 

Yankeedom
1>  
2>   
3> 
4> _. , 

Yankeefied
1> _. 

Yankeeish
1> _. 
2> _.  

Yankeeism
1>   ,  
2>  (  )
_Ex:
saying "guess" for "think" is a Yankeeism 
"guess"  "think"  

Yankeeize
1> _. 
2> _.      (  )

Yankeeland
1>  
2>   
3> 

yanqui
1> _. , 
2> _. ,   

yaourt
1>  ()

yap
1> , 
_Ex:
to give a yap 
2> _. , 
3> _. , 
4> _. , 
5> _. 
6> _. ; , ; , 
7> _. , 
_Ex:
to open one's yap ,  , ""
_Ex:
keep your yap shut ,  
8> , ; 
9> _. ; , 
10> _. ,  ( )
11> _. , 
_Ex:
they are always yapping about life    
" "

yapo(c)k
1> _.    (Chironectes minimus)

yapon
1> _.   (Ilex vomitoria)

yapp
1> _.     
2> _.     

yappy
1> , 
_Ex:
a yappy dog  

yaqona
1>      (   )

Yarborough
1> _.    ;  

yard
1> 
_Ex:
to sell by the yard    (  . .)
2> 
_Ex:
fight for every yard    
_Ex:
I can't see a yard in front of me _.    
3> _.     
_Ex:
yards of facts and figures     
_Ex:
a face a yard long   
_Ex:
by the yard   ;    
_Ex:
to talk by the yard   
_Ex:
statistics by the yard   
4>  
5> _. 
_Ex:
man the yards!  ! ()
6>  ( 90 )     (
  )
7>      (  
)  1.5 
8> _. _.  
9> _. _. _.  
_Id:
yard of pump water _.  ;   
_Id:
give smb. an inch and he will take a yard _.  
,    
10> 
11> 
_Ex:
front yard 
12> 
13>  ; 
_Ex:
yard manure _-.  
14> ;  (    )
15>  ,  ;   (. timber yard,
lumber yard)
_Ex:
yard lumber _.  ; -

_Ex:
yard drying _.  
16> _.  
17> _. ()  (. ship yard, shipbuilding
yard)
18> _.    
_Ex:
yard craft _.     
_Ex:
yard repair _.   ()
19> _. _.  ,  ( )
20> _-.  ,  (. railway yard,
switching yard)
_Ex:
goods yard _-.  
21> (the Y.)  
_Id:
yard bull _.  (  ,  )
_Id:
yard patrol _. ;  
22>  
23> _. 
24> _.      
_Ex:
to yard up wood     
25> _.    
_Ex:
the deer yard in the area    

yard goods
1>   

yard grass
1> _.  (Eleusine indica)

yard line
1>      (  
  )

yard of ale
1>  ( 90 )     (
  )
2>    ( 1.5 )

yard sale
1>     

yardage
1> _. ,     
2>   
3> ,  (. )
4> ,     (. 
 )
5>    ,  ,
   . .

yardang
1> _.  (  )

yardarm
1> _.  

yardbird
1> _. _. 
2> _. _. 
3> _. _.    
4> _. 

yardman
1>  , , ,   . .
2>  , ,   . .
3> ;   
4> 
5> 

yardmaster
1> _-.   ;  ()

yardstick
1>  ;    
2> , , 
_Ex:
a yardstick of comparison  
_Ex:
to apply one's yardstick    
_Ex:
to measure others by one's own yardstick   
 
_Ex:
time is the only true yardstick of a book's merit 
   
_Ex:
success is not to be measured by the yardstick of the dollar
     

yardwand
1>  ;    

yare
1> _. , 
_Ex:
to hold yare  
2> , 
3>   ,   ( )

Yarmouth bloater
1>  
2>  

yarmulka, yarmulke
1> 

yarn
1> ; , 
_Ex:
cotton yarn  
_Ex:
rope yarn _.  , 
_Ex:
fingering yarn    
_Ex:
bay yarn 
_Ex:
elastic (rubber) yarn  ;  
_Ex:
floss-silk yarn  
2> _. 
_Ex:
paper yarn  
_Ex:
reaper yarn  
3> _. ()  ( -.);  (. 
); , 
_Ex:
to spin a yarn (yarns)   (, );
   . .
4> _.  , , ; 
_Ex:
he was yarning and clowning    

yarn beam
1> _.    

yarn-dyed
1> _.   

yarn-spinner
1> 
2> ;     ( 
  . .)

yarn-windle
1> _. 

yarovization
1> _. _-. 

yarovize
1> _. _-. 

yarrow
1> _. ,  (Achillea gen.)

yashmac
1> _.  (,  ; , 

yashmak
1> _.  (,  ; , 

yatagan
1> _. 

yataghan
1> _. 

yatata-yatata
1> _. _.  , 

yatter
1> _. , 
2> _.  , 

yaud
1> _. _. 

yauld
1> _. , 

yaup
1> _. ; ; 
2> _.  ;  
3> _.    
4> _.  ,  ( -.)
_Ex:
to yaup at strangers    

yaupon
1> _.   (Ilex vomitoria)

yaw
1> _. _.   , 
2> _.  ()  
3> _. _.   , 
_Ex:
don't let her yaw! _.  ! ()

yaw-haw
1> _.  , 

yaw-yaw
1> _.  ,  

yawing
1> _. _.   , 
2> _.  ()  

yawl
1> _. , 
2> _. _. , 
3> _. _.  ()
4> _. _.  
5> _. _. , 
6> _. _.  ( )
7> _. _.  ( )

yawn
1> 
_Ex:
to give a yawn 
2> 
_Ex:
to stiffle a yawn  
3>  
4> , 
_Ex:
the yawn of hell  
5> _. , , 
6> _.  
7> _. ,  
8> _. ,  
_Ex:
he has become a yawn   
9> 
_Ex:
to make somebody yawn   - ()
_Ex:
to yawn one's head off _. 
_Ex:
the audience yawned through the play    
 
10>  (-) 
_Ex:
he yawned good night   " " 
11> 
_Ex:
to yawn one's life away  ()  
12> _.    
13> 
14> 
15> 
_Ex:
the graves yawned  

yawner
1> ;  

yawnful
1> ,  

yawning
1> 
_Ex:
it is catching yawning  
2> 
_Ex:
a yawning audience  
3> 
4> 
_Ex:
yawning chasm  

yawningly
1>  , 

yawny
1> ; , 
2>  ; 
_Ex:
a yawny book  

yawp
1> _. ; ; 
2> _.  ;  
3> _.    
4> _.  ,  ( -.)
_Ex:
to yawp at strangers    

yaws
1> .  .  .  . .: _. 

yclad
1> , 

ycleped, yclept
1> _. , ; 

ye
1> _. . you ( . . )
_Ex:
seek and ye shall find _.   
_Ex:
how d'ye do 
_Ex:
ye gods!  !
2> _. = the

ye-ye
1> _. ; ,  (. 
 ,    60- )

yea
1>  ; 
_Ex:
his yea is worth more than the oath of most men  
 ,    
2> _.  ""
_Ex:
yeas and nays  
_Ex:
the yeas were 119, the nays 56 ""  119 ,
"" - 56
3> _. ,  ""
_Id:
let your yea be yea     
4> 
5> _.  , 
_Ex:
he is a good, yea, a fine man  ,   ,
 
6> _. 
_Ex:
yea, and he did come    
_Id:
yea big (high) _. _.     
( );  - ,  

7>  ; 
8> !
_Ex:
yea, team!   !

yea-sayer
1> _. ,   
2> _. , , 

yeah
1> _. 

yean
1> , 

yeanling
1> ; 
2>    ( , )

year
1> 
_Ex:
this year   
_Ex:
academic (school) year  
_Ex:
business year  
_Ex:
fiscal (financial) year  () 
_Ex:
calendar (legal, civil, artificial) year  
_Ex:
basal (base, reference) year _.  
_Ex:
current year  
_Ex:
astronomical (natural, solar, tropical, equinoctial) year
()  
_Ex:
leap year  
_Ex:
lunar year  
_Ex:
siderial year  () 
_Ex:
Sabbatic (-al) year   ,   
    (   
);
()      ( 
        
 . .)
_Ex:
year under review  
_Ex:
twenty years ago   
_Ex:
once a year   
_Ex:
next year   
_Ex:
this day next year   
_Ex:
in the year 1866  1866 
_Ex:
in the year of grace (of our Lord) 1564  1564  
 
_Ex:
in this year of grace _.   ,   
_Ex:
in a year's time  
_Ex:
we shall return one year from today   ()
 
_Ex:
the year round  
_Ex:
year in (and) out    
_Ex:
from year to year, year by year, year after year  ;
  ;   
_Ex:
(a) year and (a) day _. () 
_Ex:
a three year period   ()
_Ex:
first year student 
_Ex:
Happy New Y.!   !
_Ex:
to see the old year out, the new year in  
   
2> _pl. , 
_Ex:
he is old for his years    (  )
_Ex:
a man in (of) years  ,   
_Ex:
to grow (to be getting on, to advance) in years 
_Ex:
to die full of years    
_Ex:
he is twenty years old   
_Ex:
she is in her twentieth year  ()  
_Ex:
I hope to live to your years      
3>   
_Ex:
years ago  
_Ex:
in years to come  
_Ex:
I haven't seen him for (in) years     

_Id:
in (from, since) the year dot (one)   ;
  
_Id:
I've had this coat since the year dot    
  

year-around
1> ;    (  
. .)
_Ex:
year-around residents   

year-end
1>   (. )
2> _. ,    
3>   
_Ex:
a year-end sale     

year-mind
1> _.   (  )

year-round
1> ;    (  
. .)
_Ex:
year-round residents   

year-rounder
1> _.   , 

yearbook
1> ,  

yearling
1> ,  ( )
2>  
3> , 
4> _. _. , 
5> _. _. _.    ( )
6> 
_Ex:
a yearling bride     

yearlong
1>   , 
_Ex:
a yearlong contract   
2> _. ,  
_Ex:
yearlong alliance  

yearly
1> ,  
2> 
_Ex:
yearly ball  
_Ex:
yearly periodical 
3> , 
_Ex:
yearly income  
4> ,  
_Ex:
the Earth makes a yearly revolution around the Sun 
 ()     
5> ;   
_Ex:
issued yearly     ( )

yearn
1> , 
2> , 
3> (after, for, to, _. towards) , 
_Ex:
to yearn for home   ,   
_Ex:
to yearn after one's absent friends   

4> , 
_Ex:
to yearn for rest  
_Ex:
to yearn to be free   ,  
_Ex:
I am yearning to make myself useful    
_Ex:
I yearn to hear from you      

5> , 
_Ex:
her kind heart yearned for the starving, homeless children 
      , 

6> _. , 
7> _. , 

