Definition of GARDEN

garden

Plural: gardens

Noun

  • a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
  • the flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a garden
  • a yard or lawn adjoining a house
  • An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.
  • Such an ornamental place to which the public have access.
  • An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.
  • Taking place in, or used in, such a garden.
  • An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.
  • The grounds at the front or back of a house.
  • A road, street, or similar thoroughfare, which sometimes occupies a former garden.
  • The twentieth Lenormand card.
  • A cluster; a bunch.
  • Pubic hair or the genitalia it masks.

Verb

Verb Forms: gardened, gardening, gardens

  • To cultivate a plot of ground for growing plants.
  • work in the garden
    • "My hobby is gardening"
  • To grow plants in a garden; to create or maintain a garden.
  • Of a batsman, to inspect and tap the pitch lightly with the bat so as to smooth out small rough patches and irregularities.
  • To smoke marijuana.

Adj

  • Common, ordinary, domesticated.

Examples

  • 32 Windsor Gardens.
  • a flower garden
  • a garden party
  • a garden path
  • a garden spade
  • a vegetable garden
  • He liked to GARDEN his Words With Friends board, carefully planting high-scoring words.
  • I love to garden—this year I'm going to plant some daffodils.
  • Our garden is overgrown with weeds.
  • 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.
  • You can spend the afternoon walking around the town gardens.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English gardyn, garden, from Anglo-Norman gardin, from Frankish *gardin-, oblique stem of *gardō (“enclosure, yard”), from Proto-Germanic *gardô (“enclosure, garden, house”), whence also inherited English yard. (compare Old French jart alongside jardin, Medieval Latin gardīnus). Doublet of jardin. Displaced Old English wyrttūn.
Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian gard, Low German Goorn, Dutch gaard, gaarde, German Garten, Icelandic garður, French jardin, Spanish jardín, Italian giardino, Sicilian jardinu.

Synonyms

farm, garden variety, make garden, park, pubic hair, public gardens, yard

Scrabble Score: 8

garden: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
garden: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
garden: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

garden: valid Words With Friends Word