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garden
1[ gahr-dn ]
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. yard 2( def 1 ).
adjective
- pertaining to, produced in, or suitable for cultivation or use in a garden:
fresh garden vegetables; garden furniture.
verb (used without object)
- to lay out, cultivate, or tend a garden.
verb (used with object)
- to cultivate as a garden.
Garden
2[ gahr-dn ]
noun
- Alexander, 1730?–91, U.S. naturalist, born in Scotland.
- Mary, 1877–1967, U.S. soprano.
garden
/ ˈɡɑːdən /
noun
- an area of land, usually planted with grass, trees, flowerbeds, etc, adjoining a house US and Canadian wordyard
- ( as modifier )
a garden chair
- an area of land used for the cultivation of ornamental plants, herbs, fruit, vegetables, trees, etc
- ( as modifier ) horticultural
garden tools
- often plural such an area of land that is open to the public, sometimes part of a park
botanical gardens
- a fertile and beautiful region
- ( as modifier )
a garden paradise
- modifier provided with or surrounded by a garden or gardens
a 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
- ˈgardenless, adjective
- ˈgarden-ˌlike, adjective
Other Words From
- garden·a·ble adjective
- garden·less adjective
- garden·like adjective
- un·gardened adjective
- well-gardened adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of garden1
Idioms and Phrases
- 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.
More idioms and phrases containing garden
In addition to the idiom beginning with garden , also see lead down the garden path .Example Sentences
Although it might seem like garden variety sweat, it’s different from the watery eccrine type.
Tapping into walled garden data is critical for advertisersThe ability to capture first-party customer data is perhaps the most significant benefit for advertisers.
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.
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.
So far, they’ve set up 217 hubs across the country and reached an estimated 10,000 gardens, Kleinman says.
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.
It ended on a complaint that she was 'tired rather and spending my time at full length on a deck-chair in the garden.'
Ten minutes later, veiled and cloaked, she stepped out alone into the garden.
It goes without saying that Ferns of all kinds are interesting plants to grow in the garden and house.
Of course it is only the hardiest Ferns which can be expected to grow well in the town garden.
In such conditions many kinds which do not flourish very freely in the open garden, grow into handsome specimens.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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