garden
noun
a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.
garden
1 American
[gahr-dn]
/ ˈgɑr dn /
noun
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gardens
plural
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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
More Idioms
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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Corcept Therapeutics started a StartOrganic garden at its Redwood City, Calif., headquarters last year, with employees in its garden club growing herbs, tomatoes, zucchinis, carrots, beets, broccoli and cauliflower.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
The desk garden is a perk provided by her company, one of many businesses encouraging their employees to engage with plants, at the office or at home, as a wellness benefit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
As well as using soil from his garden and some from his mother's home, the artist also received donations from the James Hutton Institute in Scotland.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
Dave, who also runs a storage and fabrication businesses, used a 3D printer to create a scale model of how the fuselage will connect to an existing underground room beneath his garden.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
We cried then, and clung to one another in the dark of the garden.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
That same year she shared the screen with Kevin Spacey and John Cusack as witchy healer Minerva in Clint Eastwood’s Savannah-set “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
Chappelle made the comments Saturday night during a sold-out show at Madison Square Garden as part of his “Karmageddon” tour.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
The pop-star's connection with Madison Square Garden runs deep as she has performed there for two of her tours, external "Fearless" in 2009 and "Speak Now" in 2011.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
He released chart-topping albums and sold out consecutive shows at Madison Square Garden.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Mason authored the first series book based on the rote method in 1864 called The Song Garden.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
Vendors including Gardenuity, StartOrganic and KraftyLab, a unit of Nextech3D.ai, typically ship premeasured gardening kits to corporate clients’ employees for home or office desk plants or outdoor company gardens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
Thank you for coming on that journey with me and good luck with your own gardens in the future.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
It’s elegant and has that beautiful Marrakech feeling at night: the gardens, the music, the people-watching.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
“The gated, private parcel offers dramatic panoramic city views and sweeping vistas, with multiple usable tiers featuring generous flat pads, terraced gardens, and a dedicated pool level,” the description noted.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
She carried a burgeoning bouquet of four late violets, white ones, picked dew-fresh that very morning from a shady corner of the palace gardens.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
"I had to halt everything. I bought a house in Nashville, I gardened, I saw a therapist and I gave myself a chance to miss music."
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Both gardened, and she thinks the accident contributed to their illnesses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
It was once Mattus’s grandfather’s house, and his father was born there; both previous generations gardened there, too.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
Growing up, he often gardened with his grandmother in the yard of her home in Baldwin Park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2023
The odd thing is when Father was around she never gardened at all.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Vendors including Gardenuity, StartOrganic and KraftyLab, a unit of Nextech3D.ai, typically ship premeasured gardening kits to corporate clients’ employees for home or office desk plants or outdoor company gardens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
"It's a bit odd they were here in the middle of the night," one local told AFP as she did some gardening in the nearby village of Kempsford.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
An outdoor memorial plaque or marker can be a source of solace, especially if your pet loved romping in the yard, basking in the sun or accompanying you while gardening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
The BBC said Don had" inspired and guided millions of viewers with his warmth, wisdom and passion for gardening" since joining the programme in 2003.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Carting trays of plants, or gardening tools, or bags of topsoil for him.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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