Sekirov Dictionary

garden

UK /ˈɡɑː.d(ə)n/US /ˈɡɑɹ.d(ə)n/

noun 9
verb 3
adjective 1
forms 3
phrases 8

noun9

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a piece of land where people grow flowers or plants for food
- Maybe, I don't really wanna know / How your garden grows / 'Cause I just wanna fly — 1994
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[in the plural] Such an ornamental place to which the public have access.
- You can spend the afternoon walking around the town gardens.
[before a noun] Taking place in, or used in, such a garden.
An ornamental garden featuring plants and other features to attract, house, conserve, benefit and/or display certain animals.
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(UK, Ireland) 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.
- We were drinking lemonade and playing croquet in the garden.
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[in the plural] A road, street, or similar thoroughfare, which sometimes occupies a former garden.
- 32 Windsor Gardens.
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(figurative) A cluster; a bunch.
- Behind the tangled garden of microphones that had sprouted on the lectern, Goldwater spoke softly and casually about his family. — 1965
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(slang, euphemistic) Pubic hair or the genitalia it masks.
- N.B. From a commentary on Song of Solomon 4:16, which was written in Hebrew c. 950 BC; book footnotes are shown here within brackets. Many scholars disagree with this Biblical interpretation, which is included as evidence of the word's usage in 1995 rather than the intended meaning of Biblical Hebrew גַּן (gan) in 950 BC.
The twentieth Lenormand card.

verb3

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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.
Of a batsman, to inspect and tap the pitch lightly with the bat so as to smooth out small rough patches and irregularities.
(slang) To smoke marijuana.

adjective1

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Common, ordinary, domesticated.
- In that case, the thing was mere plain or garden robbery. — 1925

forms

gardened · gardening · gardens

Phrases with garden

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