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- (RP) IPA: /ˈɡɑːdən/, SAMPA: /"gA:d@n/
- (US) enPR: gärʹdən, IPA: /ˈɡɑːrdən/, SAMPA: /"gA:rd@n/
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Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(r)dən
Etymology
Old Northern French gardin, diminutive (cf. Vulgar Latin hortus gardinus) or oblique form of *gard (cf. Old French jart), from Old Low Franconian *gardo 'fenced in yard, garden' (compare Dutch gaarde, gaard), from Proto-Germanic *ǥarđōn (compare West Frisian gard, Low German Gaarn, German Garten), from *ǥarđaz 'yeard'. More at yard.
Noun
garden (plural gardens)
- An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food (vegetable garden) or ornamental purposes (flower garden).
- (in plural gardens) Such an ornamental place to which the public have access.
- The grounds at the front or back of a house.
- The collective noun for microphone.
- 1965: Charles McDowell, Campaign Fever: The National Folk Festival, from New Hampshire to November, 1964, page 11 (Morrow)
- Behind the tangled garden of microphones that had sprouted on the lectern, Goldwater spoke softly and casually about his family.
- 1967: Roderick MacLeish, The Sun Stood Still, page 41 (Atheneum)
- Above them, speaking over a steel garden of microphones, the agitator sweated and scowled out into the darkening street.
- 2002: Laura Lippman, In a Strange City, page 71 (HarperCollins; ISBN 0380810239, 9780380810239)
- […] between the huge Depression-era horses on the plaza opposite City Hall — and Rainer was completely focused on them as they moved toward the podium and the little garden of microphones that had sprouted there. The Hilliards walked stiffly, as if they had been in a car accident.
- 2005: Tom Stanton, Hank Aaron and the Home Run That Changed America, page 177 (HarperCollins; ISBN 0060722908, 9780060722906)
- Aaron perched himself on a wooden folding chair behind a garden of microphones and beamed as he answered questions. Sure, he was disappointed.
- 2006: Tim Miller and Glen Johnson, 1001 Beds: Performances, Essays, and Travels, page 109 (University of Wisconsin Press; ISBN 9780299216900, 9780299216948)
- Walking back down the marble stairs, which now felt more like I was leaving Principal Lambas’s office than the Forum in Rome, Holly, Karen, and I made our way to a garden of microphones for the press conference. I was dreading having to say something.
- 2009: Caroline B. Cooney, If the Witness Lied, page 53 (Random House Children’s Books; ISBN 0385734484, 9780385734486)
- […] garden of microphones, which stuck up like metal flowers in her face.
- 1965: Charles McDowell, Campaign Fever: The National Folk Festival, from New Hampshire to November, 1964, page 11 (Morrow)
- (slang) Pubic hair or the genitalia it masks.
- 1995: Lee Tyler, Biblical Sexual Morality and What About Pornography? viewed at [[1]] 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 [[2]] 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.
- 2006: Guest on Female First Forum at [[3]] posting on Fashionable to shave the pubic area?? viewed on 9 May 2006 - A woman's [unshaven] dark pubic triangle, glistening with pussy nectar and promising access to a hidden garden of delights.
Synonyms
- (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
Derived terms
- back garden
- flower garden
- front garden
- gardening
- market garden
- public gardens
- rose garden
- vegetable garden
- zoological garden, zoological gardens
- xerogarden
Verb
to garden (third-person singular simple present gardens, present participle gardening, simple past and past participle gardened)
- (intransitive, chiefly North America) 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.
- (UK equivalent)I love to do gardening.
- (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
Synonyms
- (in cricket): farm
Derived terms
Translations
grow plants
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Adjective
garden (not comparable)
- Of, relating to, in, from or for use in a garden.
- garden salad (= a salad from a garden)
- garden shed (= a shed in a garden)
Translations
of, relating to, in, from or for use in a garden
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Anagrams
Danish
Noun
garden c.
- Singular definite of garde
Galician
Verb
garden
- third-person plural present subjunctive of gardar.
Norwegian
Etymology 1
Noun
garden m.
- singular definite of gard
Etymology 2
Noun
garden m.
- singular definite of garde
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How do I start a garden in my backyard?
Q. Im 14 years old, (I'll be 15 years old on Sunday, Feb. 25th) and I am wanting to start a garden from scratch this summer. I would like to grow raspberries, and any pretty flowers that will grow in a kinda sunny and shady area. I don't know anything about gardening, not even when to start on, so if you could please give me some advice and tips for my garden, I would be very grateful... Thanks!
Asked by Rebekah - Mon Feb 19 19:58:01 2007 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Be sure to pick an area that will get plenty of sunshine, areas with a lot of trees are not good. Check the soil, if it is claylike and sticks to your hands a lot it will need conditioners, peat moss and bark mulch work well. You will need to till the soil, you can probably rent a rototiller for $8-20 per hour from a local rental agency, talk a relative into it, or hire an odd job worker. Next you will pick your plants, plants with small seeds should be purchased from a nursery (tomatoes, peppers) You can plant some small seeded items early, such as carrots (they are the exception you can plant them in rows, you do not purchase them as plants). Get some cucumbers, squash, melons, pumpkins, and lots of tomatoes, these are all easy to… [cont.]
Answered by DT - Mon Feb 19 20:23:58 2007
Q. Im 14 years old, (I'll be 15 years old on Sunday, Feb. 25th) and I am wanting to start a garden from scratch this summer. I would like to grow raspberries, and any pretty flowers that will grow in a kinda sunny and shady area. I don't know anything about gardening, not even when to start on, so if you could please give me some advice and tips for my garden, I would be very grateful... Thanks!
Asked by Rebekah - Mon Feb 19 19:58:01 2007 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Be sure to pick an area that will get plenty of sunshine, areas with a lot of trees are not good. Check the soil, if it is claylike and sticks to your hands a lot it will need conditioners, peat moss and bark mulch work well. You will need to till the soil, you can probably rent a rototiller for $8-20 per hour from a local rental agency, talk a relative into it, or hire an odd job worker. Next you will pick your plants, plants with small seeds should be purchased from a nursery (tomatoes, peppers) You can plant some small seeded items early, such as carrots (they are the exception you can plant them in rows, you do not purchase them as plants). Get some cucumbers, squash, melons, pumpkins, and lots of tomatoes, these are all easy to… [cont.]
Answered by DT - Mon Feb 19 20:23:58 2007
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