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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, yard² ( def 1 ).

adjective

pertaining to, produced in, or suitable for cultivation or use in a garden: fresh garden vegetables; garden furniture.

garden-variety.

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verb (used without object)

to lay out, cultivate, or tend a garden.

verb (used with object)

to cultivate as a garden.

Idioms

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.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English gardin < Old North French gardin, Old French jardin < Germanic; compare Old High German gartin-, German Garten, yard²

Related forms

gar·den·a·ble, adjective

gar·den·less, adjective

gar·den·like, adjective

un·gar·dened, adjective

well-gar·dened, adjective

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garden (ˈɡɑːd^ən)

—n
1.	(Brit)
	a. US and Canadian word: yard an area of land, usually planted with grass, trees, flowerbeds, etc, adjoining a house
	b. (as modifier): a garden chair
2.	a. an area of land used for the cultivation of ornamental plants, herbs, fruit, vegetables, trees, etc
	b. (as modifier): garden tools Related: horticultural
3.	(often plural) such an area of land that is open to the public, sometimes part of a park: botanical gardens
4.	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.	informal lead a person up the garden path to mislead or deceive a person

—*adj*
7.	informal common or garden ordinary; unexceptional

—vb
8.	to work in, cultivate, or take care of (a garden, plot of land, etc)

Related: horticultural

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

'gardenless

—*adj*

'garden-like

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

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 1570s. Related: Gardened; gardening.

Garden variety in figurative sense first recorded 1928.

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