garden

[ gahr-dn ]

/ ˈgɑr 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.

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Idioms about garden

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

OTHER WORDS FROM garden

gar·den·a·ble, adjectivegar·den·less, adjectivegar·den·like, adjectiveun·gar·dened, adjective

well-gardened, adjective

Words nearby garden

Gard, Garda, gardant, Garda Síochána, garde-manger, garden, Gardena, garden apartment, garden center, garden centre, garden city

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Garden

[ gahr-dn ]

/ ˈgɑr dn /

noun

Alexander, 1730?–91, U.S. naturalist, born in Scotland.

Mary, 1877–1967, U.S. soprano.

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How to use garden in a sentence

Although it might seem like garden variety sweat, it’s different from the watery eccrine type.
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If the weather’s good and you have access to a garden or a park nearby, take your workout outside—grass doesn’t need a thorough de-stink after your air squats.
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They’re not a social-media platform—connections are made, but often it’s through linking to other digital gardens, or gathering in forums like Reddit and Telegram to nerd out over code.
Digital gardens let you cultivate your own little bit of the internet|Tanya Basu|September 3, 2020|MIT Technology Review

So far, they’ve set up 217 hubs across the country and reached an estimated 10,000 gardens, Kleinman says.
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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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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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No sign of any North Koreans, just lots of common, or garden, internet cybercriminals.
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After all, you prepare your home, car, garden and other things for the seasonal change, so why not your body?
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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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It ended on a complaint that she was 'tired rather and spending my time at full length on a deck-chair in the garden.'
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
Ten minutes later, veiled and cloaked, she stepped out alone into the garden.
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It goes without saying that Ferns of all kinds are interesting plants to grow in the garden and house.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin
Of course it is only the hardiest Ferns which can be expected to grow well in the town garden.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin
In such conditions many kinds which do not flourish very freely in the open garden, grow into handsome specimens.
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British Dictionary definitions for garden

garden

/ (ˈɡɑːdən) /

noun

British

an area of land, usually planted with grass, trees, flowerbeds, etc, adjoining a houseUS and Canadian word: yard
(as modifier)a garden chair

an area of land used for the cultivation of ornamental plants, herbs, fruit, vegetables, trees, etc
(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

a fertile and beautiful region
(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 forms of garden

gardenless, adjectivegarden-like, adjective

Word Origin for garden

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

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