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gar⋅den
[gahr-dn] 
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–noun
| 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. yard 2 (def. 1). |
–adjective
| 5. | pertaining to, produced in, or suitable for cultivation or use in a garden: fresh garden vegetables; garden furniture. |
| 6. | garden-variety. |
–verb (used without object)
| 7. | to lay out, cultivate, or tend a garden. |
–verb (used with object)
—Idiom| 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. |
Related forms:
gar⋅den⋅a⋅ble, adjective
gar⋅den⋅less, adjective
gar⋅den⋅like, adjective
Gar⋅den
[gahr-dn] –noun
| 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) n.
v. tr.
[Middle English gardin, from Old North French, from gart, of Germanic origin; see gher-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
| Gar·den (gär'dn) 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
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. t. To cultivate as a garden.
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Language Translation for : garden
Spanish:
jardín, huerto,
German:
der Garten, Garten-…,
Japanese:
庭
garden
c.1300, from O.N.Fr. gardin, from V.L. hortus gardinus "enclosed garden," via Frank. *gardo, from P.Gmc. *gardon (cf. O.Fris. garda, O.H.G. garto, Ger. Garten "garden," O.E. geard "enclosure," see yard (1)). The verb is first attested in 1577. Garden variety in figurative sense first recorded 1928.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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garden
In addition to the idiom beginning with garden, also see lead down the garden path.
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