[gahr-dn] Pronunciation Key | 1. | a plot of ground, usually 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 or other public recreation area: a public garden. |
| 3. | a fertile and delightful spot or region. |
| 4. | British. yard2 (def. 1). |
| 5. | pertaining to, produced in, or suitable for cultivation or use in a garden: fresh garden vegetables; garden furniture. |
| 6. | garden-variety. |
| 7. | to lay out, cultivate, or tend a garden. |
| 8. | to cultivate as a garden. |
| 9. | lead up or 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. |
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[gahr-dn] Pronunciation Key | 1. | Alexander, 1730?–91, U.S. naturalist, born in Scotland. |
| 2. | Mary, 1877–1967, U.S. soprano. |
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| gar·den
(gär'dn) Pronunciation Key
n.
v. gar·dened, gar·den·ing, gar·dens v. tr.
v. intr.
adj.
[Middle English gardin, from Old North French, from gart, of Germanic origin; see gher-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
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| Gar·den
(gär'dn) Pronunciation Key
Scottish-born American naturalist and physician who contributed to the classification of New World plants. The gardenia is named after him. |
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garden
| garden | |
noun | |
| 1. | a plot of ground where plants are cultivated |
| 2. | the flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a garden |
| 3. | a yard or lawn adjoining a house |
verb | |
| 1. | work in the garden; "My hobby is gardening" |
garden
In addition to the idiom beginning with garden, also see lead down the garden path.
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Garden City, TX Zip code(s): 79739
Garden City, KS (city, FIPS 25325) Location: 37.97711 N, 100.86284 W
Population (1990): 24097 (8583 housing units)
Area: 19.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 67846
Garden City, MI (city, FIPS 31420) Location: 42.32380 N, 83.34239 W
Population (1990): 31846 (11374 housing units)
Area: 15.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 48135
Garden City, MN Zip code(s): 56034
Garden City, MO (city, FIPS 26434) Location: 38.56082 N, 94.18837 W
Population (1990): 1225 (516 housing units)
Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 64747
Garden City, NY (village, FIPS 28178) Location: 40.72590 N, 73.64455 W
Population (1990): 21686 (7716 housing units)
Area: 13.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 11530
Garden Home, OR Zip code(s): 97223
Garden City, SD (town, FIPS 23460) Location: 44.95791 N, 97.58071 W
Population (1990): 93 (57 housing units)
Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 57236
Garden Grove, IA (city, FIPS 29775) Location: 40.82648 N, 93.60752 W
Population (1990): 229 (120 housing units)
Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 50103
Garden City, ID (city, FIPS 29620) Location: 43.64847 N, 116.26701 W
Population (1990): 6369 (2724 housing units)
Area: 8.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 83714
Garden City, IA Zip code(s): 50102
Garden Valley, ID Zip code(s): 83622
Garden Valley, CA Zip code(s): 95633
Garden Ridge, TX (city, FIPS 28248) Location: 29.63470 N, 98.29363 W
Population (1990): 1450 (521 housing units)
Area: 18.4 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 78266
Garden Prairie, IL Zip code(s): 61038
Garden Plain, KS (city, FIPS 25375) Location: 37.66110 N, 97.68156 W
Population (1990): 731 (251 housing units)
Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 67050
Garden City, CO (town, FIPS 29185) Location: 40.39395 N, 104.68873 W
Population (1990): 199 (88 housing units)
Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 80631
Garden City, GA (city, FIPS 32048) Location: 32.10348 N, 81.16286 W
Population (1990): 7410 (3129 housing units)
Area: 13.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 31408
Garden City, UT (town, FIPS 27930) Location: 41.93411 N, 111.40969 W
Population (1990): 193 (415 housing units)
Area: 10.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 84028
Garden View, PA (CDP, FIPS 28456) Location: 41.25650 N, 77.04870 W
Population (1990): 2687 (1159 housing units)
Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Garden County, NE (county, FIPS 69) Location: 41.62204 N, 102.34351 W
Population (1990): 2460 (1343 housing units)
Area: 4414.8 sq km (land), 68.9 sq km (water)
Garden City, SC (CDP, FIPS 28455) Location: 33.59265 N, 79.00897 W
Population (1990): 6305 (6821 housing units)
Area: 13.8 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
Garden Acres, CA (CDP, FIPS 28182) Location: 37.96390 N, 121.22832 W
Population (1990): 8547 (2816 housing units)
Area: 6.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Garden City, AL (town, FIPS 29032) Location: 34.01478 N, 86.75008 W
Population (1990): 578 (243 housing units)
Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Garden Grove, CA (city, FIPS 29000) Location: 33.77875 N, 117.95937 W
Population (1990): 143050 (45984 housing units)
Area: 46.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 92640, 92641, 92643, 92644, 92645
Fig Garden Villa, CA Zip code(s): 93704
Garden City Park, NY (CDP, FIPS 28189) Location: 40.74443 N, 73.66352 W
Population (1990): 7437 (2533 housing units)
Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Garden City South, NY (CDP, FIPS 28200) Location: 40.71120 N, 73.66063 W
Population (1990): 4073 (1437 housing units)
Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Garden, MI (village, FIPS 31380) Location: 45.77530 N, 86.55245 W
Population (1990): 268 (138 housing units)
Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 49835
Garden Home-Whitford, OR (CDP, FIPS 27825) Location: 45.46513 N, 122.75683 W
Population (1990): 6652 (2717 housing units)
Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Lynn Garden, TN Zip code(s): 37665
Pleasant Garden, NC (CDP, FIPS 52760) Location: 35.96217 N, 79.77409 W
Population (1990): 2228 (871 housing units)
Area: 10.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 27313
Winter Garden, FL (city, FIPS 78250) Location: 28.56230 N, 81.58330 W
Population (1990): 9745 (3875 housing units)
Area: 12.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 34787
Elk Garden, WV (town, FIPS 24484) Location: 39.38596 N, 79.15468 W
Population (1990): 261 (109 housing units)
Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 26717
Home Garden, CA (CDP, FIPS 34281) Location: 36.30332 N, 119.63525 W
Population (1990): 1549 (415 housing units)
Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Sedge Garden, NC (CDP, FIPS 60280) Location: 36.08850 N, 80.13904 W
Population (1990): 2784 (1097 housing units)
Area: 9.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Discovery-Spring Garden, MD (CDP, FIPS 23005) Location: 39.46034 N, 77.36079 W
Population (1990): 2443 (742 housing units)
Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Garden
Gar"den\ (g[aum]r"d'n; 277), n. [OE. gardin, OF. gardin, jardin, F. jardin, of German origin; cf. OHG. garto, G. garten; akin to AS. geard. See Yard an inclosure.]1. A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables. 2. A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country. I am arrived from fruitful Lombardy, The pleasant garden of great Italy. --Shak. Note: Garden is often used adjectively or in self-explaining compounds; as, garden flowers, garden tools, garden walk, garden wall, garden house or gardenhouse. Garden balsam, an ornamental plant (Impatiens Balsamina). Garden engine, a wheelbarrow tank and pump for watering gardens. Garden glass. (a) A bell glass for covering plants. (b) A globe of dark-colored glass, mounted on a pedestal, to reflect surrounding objects; -- much used as an ornament in gardens in Germany. Garden house (a) A summer house. --Beau. & Fl. (b) A privy. [Southern U.S.] Garden husbandry, the raising on a small scale of seeds, fruits, vegetables, etc., for sale. Garden mold or mould, rich, mellow earth which is fit for a garden. --Mortimer. Garden nail, a cast nail used, for fastening vines to brick walls. --Knight. Garden net, a net for covering fruits trees, vines, etc., to protect them from birds. Garden party, a social party held out of doors, within the grounds or garden attached to a private residence. Garden plot, a plot appropriated to a garden. Garden pot, a watering pot. Garden pump, a garden engine; a barrow pump. Garden shears, large shears, for clipping trees and hedges, pruning, etc. Garden spider, (Zo["o]l.), the diadem spider (Epeira diadema), common in gardens, both in Europe and America. It spins a geometrical web. See Geometric spider, and Spider web. Garden stand, a stand for flower pots. Garden stuff, vegetables raised in a garden. [Colloq.] Garden syringe, a syringe for watering plants, sprinkling them with solutions for destroying insects, etc. Garden truck, vegetables raised for the market. [Colloq.] Garden ware, garden truck. [Obs.] --Mortimer. Bear garden, Botanic garden, etc. See under Bear, etc. Hanging garden. See under Hanging. Kitchen garden, a garden where vegetables are cultivated for household use. Market garden, a piece of ground where vegetable are cultivated to be sold in the markets for table use.
Garden
Gar"den\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gardened; p. pr. & vb. n. Gardening.] To lay out or cultivate a garden; to labor in a garden; to practice horticulture.
Garden
Gar"den\, v. t. To cultivate as a garden.
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