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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.
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
/ ˈɡɑːə /
noun
US and Canadian word: yard.an area of land, usually planted with grass, trees, flowerbeds, etc, adjoining a house
( 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
(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
informalto mislead or deceive a person
adjective
informalordinary; unexceptional
verb
to work in, cultivate, or take care of (a garden, plot of land, etc)
Other 51Թ Forms
- gardenable adjective
- gardenless adjective
- gardenlike adjective
- ungardened adjective
- well-gardened adjective
- ˈԱ adjective
- ˈ-ˌ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ 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.
Example Sentences
Jobs like this are not unusual, but Mr Emms said it was rare to find bees swarming near shops, rather up a tree or in someone's garden.
My earliest memory of my mother’s home garden was her formidable yet beloved zucchini plant.
"These low-chill apples can be grown as novelty fruit in a kitchen garden, but their viability as a commercial crop is not proven... most of them are a failure," he says.
John grows his own fruit and vegetables but after three years of construction work next to his house he said he has had to "restart the garden from scratch" due to the dirt and dust.
She also used the money to start a vegetable garden and rear chicken and ducks, which she sold to other refugees, at a market.
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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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