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gar·den

(gär′dn)

a. A plot of land used for the cultivation of flowers, vegetables, herbs, or fruit.

b. An arrangement of living material that is cultivated for food, as a fungus garden maintained by ants.

2. often gardens Grounds laid out with flowers, trees, and ornamental shrubs and used for recreation or display: public gardens; a botanical garden.

3. A yard or lawn.

4. A fertile, well-cultivated region.

a. An open-air establishment where refreshments are served.

b. A large public auditorium or arena.

v. gar·dened, gar·den·ing, gar·dens

v.tr.

1. To cultivate (a plot of ground) as a garden.

2. To furnish with a garden.

v.intr.

1. To plant or tend a garden.

2. To work as a gardener.

adj.

1. Of, suitable to, or used in a garden: garden tools; garden vegetables.

2. Provided with open areas and greenery: a garden community.

3. Garden-variety.

Idiom:

lead/take down the garden path

To mislead or deceive (another).

[Middle English gardin, from Old North French, from gart, of Germanic origin; see gher- in Indo-European roots.]

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garden

(ˈɡɑːdən)

1. (Horticulture)

a. an area of land, usually planted with grass, trees, flowerbeds, etc, adjoining a house. US and Canadian word: yard

b. (as modifier): a garden chair.

2. (Horticulture)

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

b. (as modifier): garden tools. horticultural

3. (Horticulture) (often plural) such an area of land that is open to the public, sometimes part of a park: botanical gardens.

a. a fertile and beautiful region

b. (as modifier): a garden paradise.

5. (modifier) provided with or surrounded by a garden or gardens: a garden flat.

6. lead a person up the garden path informal to mislead or deceive a person

adj

common or garden informal ordinary; unexceptional

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

[C14: from Old French gardin, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German gart enclosure; see yard² (sense 1)]

ˈgardenless adj

ˈgarden-ˌlike adj

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gar•den

(ˈgɑr dn)
n.

1. a plot of ground, usu. near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.

2. a piece of ground or other space, commonly with ornamental plants, trees, etc., used as a park.

3. a fertile spot.

4. Brit. yard ² (def. 1) .

adj.

5. pertaining to, produced in, or suitable for a garden.

6. garden-variety.

v.i.

7. to tend a garden.

Idioms:

lead down or up the garden path, to deceive.

[1300–50; < Old North French gardin, Old French jardin < Germanic; compare Old High German garto (see yard²)]

garden

Past participle: gardened
Gerund: gardening

Imperative
garden
garden

Present
I garden
you garden
he/she/it gardens
we garden
you garden
they garden

Preterite
I gardened
you gardened
he/she/it gardened
we gardened
you gardened
they gardened

Present Continuous
I am gardening
you are gardening
he/she/it is gardening
we are gardening
you are gardening
they are gardening

Present Perfect
I have gardened
you have gardened
he/she/it has gardened
we have gardened
you have gardened
they have gardened

Past Continuous
I was gardening
you were gardening
he/she/it was gardening
we were gardening
you were gardening
they were gardening

Past Perfect
I had gardened
you had gardened
he/she/it had gardened
we had gardened
you had gardened
they had gardened

Future
I will garden
you will garden
he/she/it will garden
we will garden
you will garden
they will garden

Future Perfect
I will have gardened
you will have gardened
he/she/it will have gardened
we will have gardened
you will have gardened
they will have gardened

Future Continuous
I will be gardening
you will be gardening
he/she/it will be gardening
we will be gardening
you will be gardening
they will be gardening

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been gardening
you have been gardening
he/she/it has been gardening
we have been gardening
you have been gardening
they have been gardening

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been gardening
you will have been gardening
he/she/it will have been gardening
we will have been gardening
you will have been gardening
they will have been gardening

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been gardening
you had been gardening
he/she/it had been gardening
we had been gardening
you had been gardening
they had been gardening

Conditional
I would garden
you would garden
he/she/it would garden
we would garden
you would garden
they would garden

Past Conditional
I would have gardened
you would have gardened
he/she/it would have gardened
we would have gardened
you would have gardened
they would have gardened

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garden

yard

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Noun	1.	garden - a plot of ground where plants are cultivated flower garden - a garden featuring flowering plants formal garden - a garden laid out on regular lines with plants arranged in symmetrical locations or in geometrical designs orchard, woodlet, grove, plantation - garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth herb garden - a garden for growing herbs hop field, hop garden - a garden where hops are grown kitchen garden, vegetable garden, vegetable patch - a small garden where vegetables are grown landscaping - a garden laid out for esthetic effect; "they spent a great deal of money on the landscaping" market garden - a garden where fruit and vegetables are grown for marketing pot farm - a plot of ground where marijuana is grown and harvested (often hidden in a national forest) rock garden, rockery - a garden featuring rocks; usually alpine plants roof garden - a garden on a flat roof of a building rose garden - a garden for growing roses sunken garden - a garden set below the level of the ground surrounding it tea garden - a public garden where tea is served topiary - a garden having shrubs clipped or trimmed into decorative shapes especially of animals plot of ground, plot of land, patch, plot - a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation; "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch"
	2.	garden - the flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a garden botany, flora, vegetation - all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China"
	3.	garden - a yard or lawn adjoining a house patio, terrace - usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence curtilage, grounds, yard - the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard"
Verb	1.	garden - work in the garden; "My hobby is gardening" gardening, horticulture - the cultivation of plants landscape - do landscape gardening; "My sons landscapes for corporations and earns a good living" tend - have care of or look after; "She tends to the children"

garden

noun grounds, park, plot, patch, lawn, allotment, yard (U.S. & Canad.) the most beautiful garden on earth

Related words
adjective horticultural

Quotations
"God Almighty first planted a garden, and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures" [Francis Bacon Essays]
"The kiss of the sun for pardon,"
"The song of the birds for mirth,"
"One is nearer God's Heart in a garden"
"Than anywhere else on earth" [Dorothy Frances Gurney God's Garden]
"Paradise haunts gardens, and some gardens are paradises" [Derek Jarman Derek Jarman's Garden]
"If you would be happy for a week, take a wife; if you would be happy for a month, kill your pig; but if you would be happy all your life, plant a garden" Chinese proverb

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garden

adjective

Being of no special quality or type:

average, common, commonplace, cut-and-dried, formulaic, garden-variety, indifferent, mediocre, ordinary, plain, routine, run-of-the-mill, standard, stock, undistinguished, unexceptional, unremarkable.

Translations

حديقةحَدِيقَةحَديقَهيُزيِّن بالحَدائِق

jardíparc

zahradazahradnízahradničit

havehave-lave havearbejdeparkanlæg

Garten gärtnern Gestrüpp Vorgarten

κήπος

ĝardenaĝardeniĝardenogazonopubhararo

jardín huertotrabajar en el jardín/huerto

aedpark

puutarhapuisto

jardin jardiner parcjardin public

vrt

kertkertészkedikparkudvar

taman

fást viî garîyrkjugarðurgarîur

giardino orto parco verziere fare giardinaggio

庭

정원

hortus

sodassodininkassodininkavimassvečių suėjimas sodedirbti sode

dārza-dārzskopt dārzustrādāt dārzā

tuin tuinieren hof park

hage have park tomt arbeide i hagen

ogród sad działka

jardim

grădină

сад огород

záhradazáhradkazáhradníčiťzáhradný

vrtpark

trädgårdparktomt

สวน

bahçebahçe ile uğraşmakpark

vườn

从事园艺庭园花园

garden

[ˈgɑːdn]

A. N → jardín m; (= vegetable garden) → huerto m
the Garden of Eden → el Edén
(public) gardens → parque msing, jardines mpl
everything in the garden is lovely → todo va a las mil maravillas

B. VI → trabajar en el jardín or el huerto

C. CPD garden centre N → centro m de jardinería, vivero m
garden city N (Brit) → ciudad f jardín
garden flat N → piso m con jardín en planta baja
garden furniture N → muebles mpl de jardín
garden hose N → manguera f de jardín
garden party N → recepción f al aire libre
garden path N → sendero m
to lead sb up the garden path → embaucar a algn
garden produce N → productos mpl de la huerta
garden seat N → banco m de jardín
garden shears NPL → tijeras fpl de jardín
garden tools NPL → útiles mpl de jardinería
see also refuse ²

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garden

[ˈgɑː^rd^ən]

n → jardin m cottage garden

vi → jardiner gardens

npl

(public) → jardin m public

(private) → parc mgarden centre n → garden-centre m, jardinerie fgarden city n (British) → cité-jardin f

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garden

→ Garten m; the Garden of Eden → der Garten Eden; everything in the garden is lovely or rosy (fig) → es ist alles in Butter (inf)

(often pl: = park) → Park m, → Gartenanlagen pl

vi → im Garten arbeiten, Gartenarbeit machen, gärtnern

garden

in cpds → Garten-;

garden apartment

n (US) = garden flat

garden burger

n → Gemüseburger m

garden centre, (US) garden center

n → Gartencenter nt, → Gärtnereimarkt m

garden

garden flat

n (Brit) → Souterrainwohnung f

garden frame

m → Frühbeet nt

garden gnome

n → Gartenzwerg m

garden

garden party

n → Gartenparty f → or -fest nt

garden path

n to lead somebody up (esp Brit) or down (esp US) the garden (fig) → jdn an der Nase herumführen (inf)

garden produce

n (= vegetables) → Gartengemüse nt; (= fruit) → Gartenobst nt

garden shears

pl → Heckenschere f

garden-variety

adj (US: = ordinary) → gewöhnlich; (= standard) → durchschnittlich

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garden

[ˈgɑːdn]

1. n → giardino gardens npl (public) → giardino sg (pubblico) (of stately home) → parco sg → giardino
the Garden of Eden → il Paradiso Terrestre, l'Eden m

2. vi → fare (lavori di) giardinaggio

garden

(ˈgaːdn) noun

a piece of ground on which flowers, vegetables etc are grown. a small garden at the front of the house; (also adjective) a garden slug.

verb

to work in a garden, usually as a hobby. The old lady does not garden much.

ˈgardener noun

a person who works in, and looks after, a garden.

ˈgardening noun

the work of looking after a garden. Gardening is his favourite hobby; (also adjective) gardening clothes/tools.

ˈgardens noun singular or plural

a park, especially one where animals are kept or special trees or flowers are grown. zoological/botanical gardens.

garden party

a large (usually formal) party, held in the garden of a house etc.

garden

→ حَدِيقَة zahrada have Garten κήπος jardín puutarha jardin vrt giardino 庭 정원 tuin hage ogród jardim сад trädgård สวน bahçe vườn 花园

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Every afternoon, as they were coming from school, the children used to go and play in the Giant's garden.

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G0D Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures.

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May 7th.--I love my garden. I am writing in it now in the late afternoon loveliness, much interrupted by the mosquitoes and the temptation to look at all the glories of the new green leaves washed half an hour ago in a cold shower.

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McGregor's garden," and described how he had been chased about the garden, and had dropped his shoes and coat.

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It was her garden. He locked th' door an' dug a hole and buried th' key.

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The garden was large and elaborate, and there were many exits from the house into the garden.

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Once when he was sitting on his garden wall, smoking a pipe in the evening, an Italian organ- grinder came round with a monkey on a string.

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"I must work the garden--I must work the garden," I said to myself, five minutes later, as I waited, upstairs, in the long, dusky sala, where the bare scagliola floor gleamed vaguely in a chink of the closed shutters.

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But the girl seldom failed to propose a removal to the garden, where Uncle Venner and the daguerreotypist had made such repairs on the roof of the ruinous arbor, or summer-house, that it was now a sufficient shelter from sunshine and casual showers.

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In a villa on the westward shore of the Isle of Wight, the glass doors which lead from the drawing-room to the garden are yet open.

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The reason is that he escaped from being a human when he was seven days' old; he escaped by the window and flew back to the Kensington Gardens.

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For the Kensington Gardens, you must know, are full of short cuts, familiar to all who play there; and the shortest leads from the baby in long clothes to the little boy of three riding on the fence.