garden

[gahr-dn]

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noun

a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.
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.
a fertile and delightful spot or region.

British. yard²(def 1).

adjective

pertaining to, produced in, or suitable for cultivation or use in a garden: fresh garden vegetables; garden furniture.
garden-variety.

verb (used without object)

to lay out, cultivate, or tend a garden.

verb (used with object)

to cultivate as a garden.

Idioms

lead up/down the garden path, to deceive or mislead in an enticing way; lead on; delude: The voters had been led up the garden path too often to take a candidate's promises seriously.

Origin of garden

1300–50; Middle English gardin < Old North French gardin, Old French jardin < Germanic; compare Old High German gartin-, German Garten, yard²

Related formsgar·den·a·ble, adjectivegar·den·less, adjectivegar·den·like, adjectiveun·gar·dened, adjectivewell-gar·dened, adjective

Garden

[gahr-dn]

noun

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Examples from the Web for garden

Contemporary Examples

Tend to your own garden, to quote the great sage of free speech, Voltaire, and invite people to follow your example.
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January 9, 2015
But they had not quit and here they now were as the Emerald Society Pipes and Drums came into the Garden.
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December 30, 2014
No sign of any North Koreans, just lots of common, or garden, internet cybercriminals.
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December 24, 2014
After all, you prepare your home, car, garden and other things for the seasonal change, so why not your body?
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December 5, 2014
Miyazaki is frank in his interviews with Sunada, whom he allows to tag along to his studio, his garden, and his private atelier.
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December 2, 2014

Historical Examples

In the garden of Anaxagoras, you will find a statue of Pallas, carved from an olive-tree.
Philothea
Lydia Maria Child
Robert went out into the garden, and dug some worms for bait.
Brave and Bold
Horatio Alger
Omar Ben became conscious of an uproar beyond the garden wall.
A Night Out
Edward Peple
Katharine, dear, are you going to the vicar's garden party this afternoon?
Viviette
William J. Locke
He ought to get her a proper servant and a man for the garden and the bath chair.
Life and Death of Harriett Frean
May Sinclair

British Dictionary definitions for garden

garden

noun

British
1. an area of land, usually planted with grass, trees, flowerbeds, etc, adjoining a houseUS and Canadian word: yard
2. (as modifier)a garden chair
1. an area of land used for the cultivation of ornamental plants, herbs, fruit, vegetables, trees, etc
2. (as modifier)garden tools Related adjective: horticultural
(often plural) such an area of land that is open to the public, sometimes part of a parkbotanical gardens
1. a fertile and beautiful region
2. (as modifier)a garden paradise
(modifier) provided with or surrounded by a garden or gardensa garden flat
lead a person up the garden path informal to mislead or deceive a person

adjective

common or garden informal ordinary; unexceptional

verb

to work in, cultivate, or take care of (a garden, plot of land, etc)

Derived Formsgardenless, adjectivegarden-like, adjective

Word Origin

C14: from Old French gardin, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German gart enclosure; see yard ² (sense 1)

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Word Origin and History for garden

n.

c.1300, from Old North French gardin (13c., Modern French jardin), from Vulgar Latin hortus gardinus "enclosed garden," via Frankish *gardo, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz- (cf. Old Frisian garda, Old Saxon gardo, Old High German garto, German Garten "garden," Old English geard "enclosure," see yard (n.1)). Italian giardino, Spanish jardin are from French.

Garden-party is by 1843. Garden variety in figurative sense first recorded 1928. To lead someone up the garden path "entice, deceive" is attested by 1925.

v.

1570s, from garden (n.). Related: Gardened; gardening.

Idioms and Phrases with garden

garden

In addition to the idiom beginning with garden

garden variety

also see:

lead down the garden path

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Examples from the Web for garden

Contemporary Examples

Tend to your own garden, to quote the great sage of free speech, Voltaire, and invite people to follow your example.

But they had not quit and here they now were as the Emerald Society Pipes and Drums came into the Garden.

No sign of any North Koreans, just lots of common, or garden, internet cybercriminals.

After all, you prepare your home, car, garden and other things for the seasonal change, so why not your body?

Miyazaki is frank in his interviews with Sunada, whom he allows to tag along to his studio, his garden, and his private atelier.

Historical Examples

In the garden of Anaxagoras, you will find a statue of Pallas, carved from an olive-tree.

Robert went out into the garden, and dug some worms for bait.

Omar Ben became conscious of an uproar beyond the garden wall.

Katharine, dear, are you going to the vicar's garden party this afternoon?

He ought to get her a proper servant and a man for the garden and the bath chair.

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Word Origin

Word Origin and History for garden

n.

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Idioms and Phrases with garden

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