garden
noun
a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.
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garden
1 American
[gahr-dn]
/ ˈgɑr dn /
noun
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gardens
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a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.
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a piece of ground or other space, commonly with ornamental plants, trees, etc., used as a park or other public recreation area.
a public garden.
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a fertile and delightful spot or region.
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British. yard.
adjective
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pertaining to, produced in, or suitable for cultivation or use in a garden.
fresh garden vegetables; garden furniture.
verb (used without object)
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gardens,
present (3rd person singular)
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gardened,
past participle, past
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gardening
present participle
verb (used with object)
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gardens,
present (3rd person singular)
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gardened,
past participle, past
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gardening
present participle
idioms
Garden
2
American
[gahr-dn]
/ ˈgɑr dn /
noun
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Alexander, 1730?–91, U.S. naturalist, born in Scotland.
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Mary, 1877–1967, U.S. soprano.
garden
British
/ ˈɡɑːdən /
noun
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US and Canadian word: yard. an area of land, usually planted with grass, trees, flowerbeds, etc, adjoining a house
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a garden chair
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an area of land used for the cultivation of ornamental plants, herbs, fruit, vegetables, trees, etc
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garden tools
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(often plural) such an area of land that is open to the public, sometimes part of a park
botanical gardens
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a fertile and beautiful region
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a garden paradise
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(modifier) provided with or surrounded by a garden or gardens
a garden flat
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informal to mislead or deceive a person
adjective
verb
garden
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Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
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garden-likeadjective
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gardenableadjective
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gardenlessadjective
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gardenlikeadjective
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ungardenedadjective
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well-gardenedadjective
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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gardensimple
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gardenssimple
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have gardenedperfect
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has gardenedperfect
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am gardeningprogressive
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are gardeningprogressive
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is gardeningprogressive
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have been gardeningperfect progressive
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has been gardeningperfect progressive
Past
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gardenedsimple
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had gardenedperfect
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was gardeningprogressive
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were gardeningprogressive
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had been gardeningperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of garden
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English gardin, from Old North French gardin, Old French jardin, from Germanic; compare Old High German gartin-, German Garten; see also yard 2
Explanation
A garden is a piece of land that's used to grow flowers, vegetables, or other plants. Your grandmother might be so proud of her rose garden that she gives every visitor a tour of it. A vegetable garden is often planted in straight rows, sometimes within a raised bed. Flower gardens can take all sorts of shapes, from tidy to meandering. When you work in your garden, pulling weeds or planting seedlings, you garden. In the UK, a garden is what's called a yard in the US — any bit of land just outside of a house. The phrase "garden variety" means "ordinary:" "Oh he's just a garden variety mixed-breed dog, nothing fancy."
Example Sentences
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Jennings has seen first hand the difference the garden has made to members.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
“With a rose garden in the front, pergola in the back, and heated pool off the side of the home there is a perfect outdoor space for any time of day,” the listing notes.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Breathtaking views, a calming garden, and lots of privacy—sounds like a recipe for success for creative professionals who may occasionally work from home.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
They found their garden, which had been Robin's project, was also devastated, while neighbouring properties had been saved.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
The hot coffee scalded my mouth but I gulped it down and made my escape to the garden.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
The debt struggles of Evergrande and industry peers including Country Garden, Vanke and Kaisa have had a severe impact on consumer confidence, dissuading many would-be homebuyers from making purchases.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
The pond at Pond Farm on Wisley Common, adjacent to RHS Garden Wisley, has been drying up over recent weeks as the hot weather persists.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
The combination of high tax rates and home values meant that the average tax bill for homeowners in the Garden State was about $10,500; in Connecticut, it was about $8,900.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
Increase in playoffs-related revenue over last year for Madison Square Garden Sports Corp., whose New York Knicks won the NBA championship in June after getting knocked out in the Eastern Conference Finals last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The medical examinations I had endured at Castle Garden had sapped my last reserves of strength.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
Its four- to eight-bedroom villas are scattered among fig and pomegranate trees and gardens designed by landscape architect Madison Cox.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
It said it devalued parks and gardens and "makes them vulnerable to poorly informed development".
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
One firefighter was hospitalised and five others suffered minor injuries, the fire service confirmed, with crews continuing to extinguish "hotspots" in open grassland, along a railway and in gardens.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Among them was the academy’s annual summer party, themed after 18th-century Georgian pleasure gardens — Britain’s oil-lamp-lit outdoor venues where aristocrats, the newly rich and everyday revelers gathered to see, be seen and behave badly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Nok now hurried along the clean sidewalks, turning to take the shortcut through the botanical gardens to her house.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
“My father built a cabin and gardened; we raised chickens and sheep. My mother was a schoolteacher who sewed all my clothes and dolls.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
As a lifelong gardener who has spent a career in retail horticulture and garden writing, I found myself initially chafing at the author’s call to say goodbye to the way we’ve gardened for generations.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2023
All 291 participants were adults and had not gardened within the last two years.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 23, 2023
As we gardened and invested in gardens for different social, educational and environmental reasons in rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods, we contributed to increasing land values in a process described as green gentrification.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2022
The odd thing is when Father was around she never gardened at all.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Dame Prue's Bake Off predecessor, Dame Mary, will chat to the show's former host, comedian Mel Giedroyc, to discuss her second great love of gardening and her forthcoming cookbook.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
And Fernando said he’s more likely to see a retired neighbor gardening than a child on a bicycle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
That applies to everything from investing to gardening.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026
The organisation said it was driven in part by the price of heating oil and other fuels increasing by 53.5% over the year, while domestic services, including gardening and cleaning, rose by 14.8%.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
So I put the box away and took my drawing pad out to the backyard, where Mom was gardening.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
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