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garden¹
- /ˈɡɑː.d(ə)n/ UK
- /ˈɡɑɹ.d(ə)n/ Canada, US
- /ˈɡäː.d(ə)n/ Australia
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)dən
Where it comes from
From Middle English gardyn, garden, from Anglo-Norman gardin, from Frankish *gardin-, oblique stem of *gardō (“enclosure, yard”), from Proto-Germanic *gardô (“enclosure, garden, house”), whence also inherited English yard (compare Old French jart alongside jardin, Medieval Latin gardīnus). Doublet of jardin and of garth. Displaced Old English wyrttūn.
Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian gard, Low German Goorn, Dutch gaard, gaarde, German Garten, Icelandic garður, French jardin, Spanish jardín, Italian giardino, Sicilian jardinu. Via PIE cognate with Bulgarian градина (gradina), Czech zahrada, Polish ogród, Russian огоро́д (ogoród).
Compare typologically Latin hortus (a possible cognate via PIE); Ancient Greek περίβολος (períbolos), Proto-Iranian *paridayjah (whence Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos)).
noun gardens
- An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes. flower garden; herb garden; rose garden; vegetable garden
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Such an ornamental place to which the public have access.
You can spend the afternoon walking around the town gardens.
Similar: park, public garden
- Taking place in, or used in, such a garden. garden party; garden path; garden spade
- An ornamental garden featuring plants and other features to attract, house, conserve, benefit and/or display certain animals. butterfly garden; wild bird garden
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The grounds at the front or back of a house.
This house has a swimming pool, a tent, a swing set and a fountain in the garden.
Similar: yard
- A road, street, or similar thoroughfare, which sometimes occupies a former garden. 32 Windsor Gardens.
- The twentieth Lenormand card.
- A cluster; a bunch. Behind the tangled garden of microphones that had sprouted on the lectern, Goldwater spoke softly and casually about his family.
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Pubic hair or the genitalia it masks.
Blow on my garden [speaking of her genitalia], so the spices of it may flow out. Let my Beloved come into His garden [her pubic area] and eat His pleasant fruits.
Similar: pubic hair
verb gardens · gardening · gardened
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To grow plants in a garden; to create or maintain a garden.
I love to garden—this year I'm going to plant some daffodils.
Similar: make garden
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Of a batsman, to inspect and tap the pitch lightly with the bat so as to smooth out small rough patches and irregularities.
Similar: farm
- To smoke marijuana.
adjective
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Common, ordinary, domesticated.
In that case, the thing was mere plain or garden robbery.
Similar: garden variety
Garden²
proper noun Gardens
- A surname.
proper noun the Garden
- Covent Garden in London, England, or its theatre or market.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: horticulture, landscaping, orchard, vegetable, lawn, jardin, bbq, zoo, vine, pasta, yard, waterfall, park, backyard, heights, patio
Translations
Every language
noun piece of land outside with flowers and plants
| Español | jardín, parterre, pensil, pénsil, arriate |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 정원 jeong'won |
| 日本語 | 庭園 teien, 庭 niwa, 花園 hanazono |
| 中文 | 花園 /花园 huāyuán |
| हिन्दी | उद्यान udyān, उपवन upvan, वाटिका vāṭikā, बाड़ी bāṛī, बगिया bagiyā |
| Kiswahili | shamba, bustani |
| Português | jardim |
| Français | jardin |
| Deutsch | Garten |
| Italiano | giardino |
| Ελληνικά | κήπος kípos, περιβόλι perivóli, μπαξές baxés |
| Română | grădină |
| Русский | сад sad |
| Tiếng Việt | vườn |
| العربية | بُسْتَان bustān, حَدِيقَة ḥadīqa, جَنَّة janna |
| עברית | גַּן gan, בוסתן \ בֻּסְתָּן bustán |
noun gardens with public access
| Español | jardines |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 広場 hiroba |
| हिन्दी | वाटिका vāṭikā, उद्यान udyān, उपवन upvan |
| Português | parque |
| Français | jardin public, parc |
| Deutsch | Garten |
| Italiano | giardino pubblico, parco |
| Ελληνικά | πάρκο párko |
| Română | parc, grădina publică |
| Русский | сад sad, парк park |
noun grounds at the front or back of a house
| Español | jardín |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 庭 niwa, 菜園 saien, 野菜畑 yasaibatake |
| 中文 | 菜園 /菜园 càiyuán |
| हिन्दी | बगिया bagiyā |
| Português | quintal |
| Français | jardin |
| Deutsch | Garten, Vorgarten |
| Italiano | giardino |
| Ελληνικά | κήπος kípos |
| Română | grădină, curte |
| Русский | сад sad, бахча́ baxčá |
| Tiếng Việt | vườn rau |
noun a vegetable garden — see also orchard, vineyard
| Español | huerto, hortal, hortaliza, huerta |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | वाटिका vāṭikā, बगिया bagiyā |
| Italiano | orto |
| Русский | огоро́д ogoród, бахча́ baxčá |
noun slang: the pubic hair
| Español | felpudo |
|---|---|
| Português | brenha, matagal |
| Deutsch | Gestrüpp |
| Italiano | foresta |
| Română | iarbă |
| Русский | волосня́ volosnjá |
verb grow plants
| Español | trabajar el jardín |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | shamba |
| Português | jardinar |
| Français | jardiner |
| Deutsch | gärtnern |
| Ελληνικά | κηπεύω kipévo, καλλιεργώ κήπο kalliergó kípo, περιποιούμαι κήπο peripiúme cípo |
| Română | face grădinărie, grădinări |
| Русский | садо́вничать sadóvničatʹ, огоро́дничать ogoródničatʹ |
| עברית | גִּנֵּן ginén |
verb in cricket
| Kiswahili | shamba |
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