--- title: Y — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 3 description: The 62 words of the English dictionary under Y, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/page/3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / Y # Y — The English dictionary · page 3 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/page/2/) **3** [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/page/4/) **yeti** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A large, hairy, ape-like creature that some people say lives in the Himalaya mountains; it is a legend, and no one has ever proved it is real.[↗](../../yeti/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Another name for the Abominable Snowman.[↗](../../yeti/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Climbers said they saw yeti footprints in the snow.[↗](../../yeti/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The yeti is a legend from the Himalayas.[↗](../../yeti/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists tested «yeti hair» and found it came from bears.[↗](../../yeti/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the film, the yeti was friendly.[↗](../../yeti/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The yeti is also called the Abominable Snowman.[↗](../../yeti/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Do you believe in the yeti?[↗](../../yeti/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **yew** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A yew is an evergreen tree with dark green, flat needles and red berry-like cones; it can live for a very long time.[↗](../../yew/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Yew is the hard, bendy wood of this tree, once used to make longbows.[↗](../../yew/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* An ancient yew tree grew in the churchyard.[↗](../../yew/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Never eat yew berries; the seeds are poisonous.[↗](../../yew/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The yew hedge was trimmed into neat shapes.[↗](../../yew/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Longbows were made from yew wood.[↗](../../yew/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A yew stays green all winter.[↗](../../yew/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some yews are more than a thousand years old.[↗](../../yew/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · As soon as the frog had recovered her senses she hopped up to the queen, who was still sitting under the yew.[↗](../../yew/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **yi** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (Mandarin, pinyin) yī means "one" in Mandarin Chinese; it sounds like English "ee".[↗](../../yi/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It is not an English word.[↗](../../yi/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (a name) The Yi are an ethnic group in south-west China, with their own Yi language and script.[↗](../../yi/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (a name) Yi is a common Korean and Chinese surname (also written Lee or Li), as in Admiral Yi Sun-sin of Korea.[↗](../../yi/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* "Hi, yi!" is an excited shout or call.[↗](../../yi/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In Mandarin, yī, èr, sān means one, two, three.[↗](../../yi/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · "Yi" sounds like "ee" to an English ear.[↗](../../yi/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Yi people live in the mountains of south-west China.[↗](../../yi/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Admiral Yi Sun-sin is a hero in Korean history.[↗](../../yi/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Yī gè píngguǒ means "one apple" in Mandarin.[↗](../../yi/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Yi language has its own script.[↗](../../yi/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Hi, yi!" said he, "here's a coat o' clay ready made, and a fine one.[↗](../../yi/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Adun or Adon, or Adonai, ADNI, are commonly translated L(?yi; Eliun, OLIUN, is the more usual form of " the most high one."[↗](../../yi/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../yi/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **yiddish** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Yiddish is a language spoken by many Jewish people, especially those whose families came from Central and Eastern Europe.[↗](../../yiddish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It grew from German with words from Hebrew and Slavic languages and is written in Hebrew letters.[↗](../../yiddish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My great-grandmother spoke Yiddish at home.[↗](../../yiddish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Klutz» comes from Yiddish and means a clumsy person.[↗](../../yiddish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Yiddish is written with Hebrew letters.[↗](../../yiddish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Yiddish speakers lived in Poland before the Second World War.[↗](../../yiddish/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There are Yiddish newspapers in New York.[↗](../../yiddish/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The song was sung in Yiddish.[↗](../../yiddish/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **yield** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To yield means to let other cars or people go first, for example at a road sign.[↗](../../yield/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To yield means to give up or stop fighting, to let someone else win.[↗](../../yield/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To yield means to produce something, like a crop of fruit or an answer.[↗](../../yield/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To yield means to bend or break when pushed hard.[↗](../../yield/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* As a noun, a yield is the amount something produces, such as the amount of wheat from a field.[↗](../../yield/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The car must yield to people on the crossing.[↗](../../yield/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The yield sign is a red and white triangle.[↗](../../yield/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The knight would not yield to the dragon.[↗](../../yield/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · This apple tree yields lots of fruit every year.[↗](../../yield/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The farm had a big yield of corn this year.[↗](../../yield/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The old floorboard yielded under his foot and cracked.[↗](../../yield/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our experiment yielded a surprising result.[↗](../../yield/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · If one tree yields 50 apples, 4 trees yield 200 apples.[↗](../../yield/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Oak stood proudly and fought against the storm, while the yielding Reeds bowed low.[↗](../../yield/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · As for Asher, his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.[↗](../../yield/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.49.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../yield/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat until ye have enough, and dwell therein in safety.[↗](../../yield/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.25.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../yield/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, and for the precious things of the yield of the moons, (Torah DEU.33.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../yield/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And sow fields, and plant vineyards, which yield fruits of increase.[↗](../../yield/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.107.37, JPS 1917)[↗](../../yield/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · The earth hath yielded her increase; may God, our own God, bless us.[↗](../../yield/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.67.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../yield/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Yea, the LORD will give that which is good; and our land shall yield her produce.[↗](../../yield/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.85.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../yield/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **yin** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (Chinese philosophy) Yin is the dark, cool, quiet, soft side in the old Chinese idea of yin and yang: two opposite forces that balance each other in everything.[↗](../../yin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Mandarin, pinyin) «yīn» is a Chinese syllable with several meanings, for example «shady, cloudy» or «sound».[↗](../../yin/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Yin and yang show how opposites balance each other.[↗](../../yin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In the symbol, yin is the dark part and yang is the light part.[↗](../../yin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Night is linked with yin, and day with yang.[↗](../../yin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The twins are the yin and yang of our class: one quiet, one loud.[↗](../../yin/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Each half of the yin-yang symbol has a small dot of the other colour.[↗](../../yin/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher explained yin and yang in our lesson about China.[↗](../../yin/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **yip** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A yip is a short, high-pitched bark or cry, like that of a small dog, a puppy or a coyote.[↗](../../yip/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To yip is to make such a sound.[↗](../../yip/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Yip!» or «yippee!» is a shout of joy.[↗](../../yip/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The puppy gave a little yip when it saw me.[↗](../../yip/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We heard coyotes yipping in the night.[↗](../../yip/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The fox cubs yipped as they played.[↗](../../yip/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Yip!» shouted Sam when he scored.[↗](../../yip/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The small dog yipped at the postman.[↗](../../yip/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The yipping grew louder as the pack came closer.[↗](../../yip/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **yoga** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Yoga is a kind of exercise in which you stretch, hold your body in special positions and breathe slowly to make your body strong and your mind calm.[↗](../../yoga/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Yoga is also an old way of thinking and meditation that began in India.[↗](../../yoga/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My aunt does yoga every morning.[↗](../../yoga/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We did a yoga class in PE today.[↗](../../yoga/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Roll out your yoga mat on the floor.[↗](../../yoga/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The tree pose in yoga helps your balance.[↗](../../yoga/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Yoga helps some people feel calm before a test.[↗](../../yoga/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The class lasts 45 minutes; how many classes fit in 3 hours?[↗](../../yoga/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **yoghurt** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Yoghurt is a thick, creamy food made from milk that has been turned slightly sour by helpful bacteria.[↗](../../yoghurt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A yoghurt is one small pot of it.[↗](../../yoghurt/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I had strawberry yoghurt for breakfast.[↗](../../yoghurt/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There's a yoghurt in your lunchbox.[↗](../../yoghurt/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Yoghurt is made from milk.[↗](../../yoghurt/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep the yoghurt in the fridge.[↗](../../yoghurt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We put yoghurt and honey on our fruit.[↗](../../yoghurt/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Frozen yoghurt is a cold treat in summer.[↗](../../yoghurt/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Yoghurt has calcium for strong bones.[↗](../../yoghurt/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The yoghurt tasted sour because it was out of date.[↗](../../yoghurt/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **yogi** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A yogi is a person who practises yoga a lot, especially as a teacher or a religious or spiritual person in Hinduism.[↗](../../yogi/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A yogi is someone who loves doing yoga.[↗](../../yogi/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Yogi Bear is a cartoon bear, and Yogi Berra was a famous American baseball player (a name).[↗](../../yogi/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The yogi sat cross-legged and meditated for hours.[↗](../../yogi/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In India, some yogis live simple lives in the mountains.[↗](../../yogi/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt is a real yogi; she does yoga every morning.[↗](../../yogi/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The yogi taught us how to breathe slowly.[↗](../../yogi/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Yogi Bear loves stealing picnic baskets.[↗](../../yogi/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The yogi could hold the pose for a long time.[↗](../../yogi/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **yogurt** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A thick, slightly sour food made from milk that has had special helpful bacteria added to it.[↗](../../yogurt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (a yogurt) A small pot of this food.[↗](../../yogurt/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I had a strawberry yogurt.[↗](../../yogurt/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I have a yogurt in my lunchbox every day.[↗](../../yogurt/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Plain yogurt tastes a bit sour.[↗](../../yogurt/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Yogurt is made when good bacteria turn milk thick.[↗](../../yogurt/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A pack of 4 yogurts costs 2 dollars, so each yogurt costs 50 cents.[↗](../../yogurt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum puts honey on Greek yogurt.[↗](../../yogurt/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Frozen yogurt is a cold treat like ice cream.[↗](../../yogurt/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep yogurt in the fridge.[↗](../../yogurt/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **yoke** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A yoke is a wooden bar fixed across the necks of two animals, usually oxen, so they can pull a plough or cart together.[↗](../../yoke/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A yoke is also a bar across a person's shoulders for carrying two buckets.[↗](../../yoke/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To yoke (verb) means to join animals with a yoke, or to join two things together.[↗](../../yoke/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (formal, Bible) A yoke is something that controls people or is a heavy burden: «the yoke of slavery».[↗](../../yoke/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (Ireland, slang) A «yoke» is any thing or gadget whose name you can't remember.[↗](../../yoke/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The farmer put the yoke on the two oxen.[↗](../../yoke/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The milkmaid carried two pails on a wooden yoke.[↗](../../yoke/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The people threw off the yoke of the cruel king.[↗](../../yoke/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (Bible) Jesus said, «My yoke is easy and my burden is light.»[↗](../../yoke/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The two horses were yoked together to pull the cart.[↗](../../yoke/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (Ireland, slang) «Where's the yoke for the telly?»[↗](../../yoke/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") Dad asked, meaning the remote.[↗](../../yoke/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The yoke snapped with a twang, and they lumbered off together.[↗](../../yoke/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And by thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt break loose, that thou shalt shake his yoke from off thy neck.[↗](../../yoke/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.27.40, JPS 1917)[↗](../../yoke/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · I am the LORD your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bars of your yoke, and made you go upright.[↗](../../yoke/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.26.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../yoke/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · This is the statute of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying: Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer, faultless, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke.[↗](../../yoke/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.19.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../yoke/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.[↗](../../yoke/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.3.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../yoke/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.[↗](../../yoke/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets NAM.1.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../yoke/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.[↗](../../yoke/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.28.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../yoke/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **yokel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who lives in the countryside and is not used to town ways; often said in a slightly unkind way.[↗](../../yokel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The yokel stared at the tall buildings.[↗](../../yokel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A yokel came to town for the market.[↗](../../yokel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Some yokels think the city is magic.[↗](../../yokel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The clever cat laughed at the yokel.[↗](../../yokel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **yolk** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The yolk is the round yellow or orange part in the middle of an egg.[↗](../../yolk/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In science, the yolk is the food store for a growing baby bird or other animal inside the egg.[↗](../../yolk/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I like my egg with a runny yolk.[↗](../../yolk/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The yolk feeds the chick inside the egg.[↗](../../yolk/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Separate the yolks from the whites for the cake.[↗](../../yolk/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some eggs have two yolks\![↗](../../yolk/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The recipe needs 3 yolks, so we cracked 3 eggs.[↗](../../yolk/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Egg yolk is bright yellow.[↗](../../yolk/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But in place of the white and the yolk of the egg, a little yellow Chick, fluffy and gay and smiling, escaped from it.[↗](../../yolk/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **yon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old-fashioned or dialect) That, or those, over there.[↗](../../yon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "yon hill" means "that hill over there".[↗](../../yon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (dialect, adverb) Yonder; over there.[↗](../../yon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Who lives in yon castle?" asked the traveller.[↗](../../yon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The shepherd pointed to yon hill.[↗](../../yon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · "Fetch me yon bucket, lad," said the old farmer.[↗](../../yon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Leaves blew hither and yon in the wind.[↗](../../yon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the poem, the knight rode towards yon dark tower.[↗](../../yon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad from Yorkshire still says "yon" when he means "that".[↗](../../yon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Why there; something is shining in yon corner!"[↗](../../yon/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The mountains quaked at the presence of the LORD, even yon Sinai at the presence of the LORD, the God of Israel.[↗](../../yon/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.5.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../yon/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God; even yon Sinai trembled at the presence of God, the God of Israel.[↗](../../yon/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.68.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../yon/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **yonder** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Over there; at some distance but within sight: the hill yonder.[↗](../../yonder/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* That … over there: yonder tree.[↗](../../yonder/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* At some distance, but within sight.[↗](../../yonder/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* See yonder hill?[↗](../../yonder/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") Our cottage is just behind it.[↗](../../yonder/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer pointed to the wood yonder.[↗](../../yonder/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Who lives in yonder house?» asked the traveller.[↗](../../yonder/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They rode off into the wild blue yonder.[↗](../../yonder/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The river bends over yonder.[↗](../../yonder/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Yonder stands the old mill.[↗](../../yonder/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't you see the farm-house yonder?[↗](../../yonder/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And he said unto Balak: 'Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I go toward a meeting yonder.'[↗](../../yonder/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.23.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../yonder/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Abraham said unto his young men: 'Abide ye here with the ass, and I and the lad will go yonder; and we will worship, and come back to you.'[↗](../../yonder/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.22.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../yonder/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the fire-pans out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are become holy; (Torah NUM.16.37, JPS 1917)[↗](../../yonder/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Yonder sea, great and wide, therein are creeping things innumerable, living creatures, both small and great.[↗](../../yonder/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.104.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../yonder/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Those yonder lift up their voice, they sing for joy; for the majesty of the LORD they shout from the sea: (Prophets ISA.24.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../yonder/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant: 'Behold, yonder is that Shunammite.[↗](../../yonder/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.4.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../yonder/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And he said unto Balak: 'Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I go toward a meeting yonder.'[↗](../../yonder/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.23.15, JPS 1917) · Don't you see the farm-house yonder?[↗](../../yonder/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Andersen's Fairy Tales) · And Abraham said unto his young men: 'Abide ye here with the ass, and I and the lad will go yonder; and we will worship, and come back to you.'[↗](../../yonder/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.22.5, JPS 1917) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/page/2/) **3** [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/page/4/) - ← previous: [page 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/page/2/) - next →: [page 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/page/4/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)