garden
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English gardyn, garden, from Anglo-Norman gardin, from Frankish *gardo (“fenced-in yard, garden”), from Proto-Germanic *gardô, *gardaz, whence also inherited English yard. The final -in derives either from the Frankish inflected form *gardin or is a Romance diminutive of *gard (compare Old French jart alongside jardin, Medieval Latin hortus gardinus). Cognate with West Frisian gard, Low German Goorn, Dutch gaard, gaarde, German Garten, French jardin, Spanish jardín, Italian giardino.
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) enPR: gärʹdən, IPA(key): /ˈɡɑɹdn̩/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: gärʹdən, IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːdn̩/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (UK) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dən
- Hyphenation: gar‧den
NounEdit
garden (plural gardens)
- An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.
- a vegetable garden a flower garden
- (in the plural) Such an ornamental place to which the public have access.
- You can spend the afternoon walking around the town gardens.
- (attributive) Taking place in, or used in, such a garden.
- a garden party; a garden spade; a garden path
- 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 5, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN:
- The garden parties of pre-1914 were something to be remembered. Everyone was dressed up to the nines, high-heeled shoes, muslin frocks with blue sashes, large leghorn hats with drooping roses. There were lovely ices […] with every kind of cream cake, of sandwich, of éclair, and peaches, muscat grapes, and nectarines.
- 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. Our garden is overgrown with weeds.
- (cartomancy) The twentieth Lenormand card.
- (figuratively) A cluster; a bunch. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (slang) Pubic hair or the genitalia it masks.
- 1995, Lee Tyler, Biblical Sexual Morality and What About Pornography? viewed at etext.org on 9 May 2006
- 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. (A commentary on Song of Solomon 4:16, which was written in Hebrew c950 BC; book footnotes shown here bracketed within the text; many scholars disagree with the Biblical interpretation, which is included as evidence of usage in 1995 rather than intended meaning in 950 BC.)
- c2004, Hair Care Down There, Inc, The History of Hair Removal viewed at haircaredownthere.com on 9 May 2006 -
- Primping and pruning the secret garden might seem like a totally 21st century concept, but the fact is women have gotten into below-the-belt grooming since before the Bronze Age.
- 1995, Lee Tyler, Biblical Sexual Morality and What About Pornography? viewed at etext.org on 9 May 2006
SynonymsEdit
- (decorative place outside):
- (gardens with public access): park, public gardens
- (grounds at the front or back of a house): yard (US)
- (the pubic hair): See pubic hair
HyponymsEdit
- allotment garden
- alpine garden
- apothecary garden
- back garden
- baroque garden
- beer garden
- cactus garden
- caretaker's garden
- castle garden
- Chinese garden
- coral garden
- cottage garden
- country garden
- court garden
- courtyard garden
- cutting garden
- display garden
- dream garden
- English garden
- English landscape garden
- flower garden
- French formal garden
- French garden
- French landscape garden
- front garden
- fruit garden
- garden of God (paradise)
- Greek garden
- herb garden
- hop garden (British)
- household garden
- Islamic garden
- Italian garden
- Japanese garden
- keyhole garden
- kitchen garden
- knot garden (labyrinth)
- landscaped garden
- landscape garden
- market garden
- medicinal herb garden
- medicinal plant garden
- municipal garden
- olive garden
- orangery garden
- orchid garden
- organic garden
- ornamental garden
- palace garden
- palm garden
- paradise garden
- perennial garden
- Persian garden
- physic garden (British)
- pleasure garden
- pub garden (British)
- public gardens
- rear garden
- rock garden
- Roman garden
- roof garden
- rooftop garden
- rose garden
- school garden
- sculpture garden
- sensory garden
- show garden
- Spanish garden
- stroll garden
- strolling garden
- summer garden
- sunken garden
- tea garden
- terraced garden
- tropical garden
- vegetable garden
- water garden
- winter garden
- xerogarden
- Zen garden
- zoological garden(s)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Sranan Tongo: dyari
TranslationsEdit
piece of land outside with flowers and plants
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a vegetable garden
gardens with public access
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grounds at the front or back of a house
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slang: the pubic hair
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VerbEdit
garden (third-person singular simple present gardens, present participle gardening, simple past and past participle gardened)
- (intransitive, chiefly Canada, US) 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.
- (intransitive, cricket) of a batsman, to inspect and tap the pitch lightly with the bat so as to smooth out small rough patches and irregularities.
SynonymsEdit
- (in cricket): farm
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
grow plants
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AdjectiveEdit
garden (not comparable)
- Common, ordinary, domesticated.
AnagramsEdit
CebuanoEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: gar‧den
NounEdit
garden
- a garden
VerbEdit
garden
- to make or turn into a garden
QuotationsEdit
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:garden.
DanishEdit
GalicianEdit
Middle EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Northern French gardin.
NounEdit
garden
- Alternative form of gardyn
Etymology 2Edit
From Anglo-Norman guardein.
NounEdit
garden
- Alternative form of gardein