Meaning of garden | Babel Free

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1. An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.
2. A surname.
3. Covent Garden in London, England, or its theatre or market.
   UK, obsolete, slang
4. Such an ornamental place to which the public have access.
   in-plural
5. To mislead or deceive (another).
6. ellipsis of jardín delantero (“front yard”)
7. Taking place in, or used in, such a garden.
   attributive
8. lead down or up the garden path, to deceive.
9. ellipsis of jardín trasero (“backyard”)
10. The grounds at the front or back of a house.
    Appalachia, British, Ireland, New-York-City
11. Being of no special quality or type:average, common, commonplace, cut-and-dried, formulaic, garden-variety, indifferent, mediocre, ordinary, plain, routine, run-of-the-mill, standard, stock, undistinguished, unexceptional, unremarkable.
12. rabbit hole; a time-consuming, hard to abandon tangent or detour
13. A road, street, or similar thoroughfare, which sometimes occupies a former garden.
    in-plural
14. a piece of ground on which flowers, vegetables etc are grown. a small garden at the front of the house; (also adjective) a garden slug. tuin حَديقَه градина jardim zahrada; zahradní der Garten, Garten-... have; have- κήποςjardín, huerto aed باغچه puutarha jardinגינה उद्यान vrt kert kebun garður giardino, di giardino 庭 정원 sodas dārzs; dārza- taman tuin; tuin- hageogród مامنه،بڼ، پاغچه، باغ jardim (de) grădină сад, огород záhrada; záhradný vrt bašta trädgård สวน bahçe 庭園 сад; город گھریلو باغ v...
    etc
15. The twentieth Lenormand card.
16. to work in a garden, usually as a hobby. The old lady does not garden much. tuinmaak يُزيِّن بالحَدائِق обработвам градина fazer jardinagem zahradničit gärtnern lave havearbejde ασχολούμαι με την κηπουρική trabajar en el jardín/huerto aiatööd tegema باغچه کاری کردن hoitaa puutarhaa jardiner לַעֲבוֹד בַּגִּינָה उद्यान, बगीचा raditi u vrtu kertészkedik berkebun fást við garðyrkju fare del giardinaggio 庭いじりする 정원을 가꾸다 dirbti sode kopt dārzu; strādāt dārzā berkebun tuinierenarbeide i hagen pracowa...
    usually
17. A cluster; a bunch.
    figuratively
18. a person who works in, and looks after, a garden. tuinier جَنائِني، بُسْتاني градинар jardineiro zahradník der Gärtner gartner κηπουρόςjardinero aednik باغبان puutarhuri jardinier/-ière גנן माली vrtlar kertész tukang kebun garðyrkjumaður giardiniere 庭師 정원사 sodininkas dārznieks pekebun tuinmangartnerogrodnik ماليار، باغوان jardineiro grădinar садовник záhradník, -čka vrtnar baštovan trädgårdsmästare ชาวสวน bahçıvan 園丁 садівник باغبان người làm vườn 园丁
19. Pubic hair or the genitalia it masks.
    slang
20. the work of looking after a garden. Gardening is his favourite hobby; (also adjective) gardening clothes/tools. tuinmaak بَسْتَنَه градинарство jardinagem zahradničení die Gartenarbeit havearbejde; have- κηπουρικήjardinería aiatöö, aiandus باغبانی puutarhanhoito jardinageגננות बागवानी vrtlarstvo kertészkedés berkebun garðyrkja giardinaggio, da giardinaggio 庭いじり 원예 sodininkavimas dārzkopība; dārzkopības- berkebun het tuinieren; tuin- hagestell/-bruk; hage-ogrodnictwo باغوانی jardinar (de) gră­...
    also adjective
21. a park, especially one where animals are kept or special trees or flowers are grown. zoological/botanical gardens. tuine حَدائِق، جَنائِن парк jardim zahrada, sady der Garten have; haveanlæg κήποςjardines, parque -aed پارک puisto jardin, parc גָנִים कोई पार्क जहां जानवर रखे जाते हों या विशेष पेड़ एवं फूल उगाए जाते हों vrt (zoološki, botanički) park taman lystigarður giardino 公園 공원, 유원지 sodas parks; dārzs taman tuinhageanlegg, parkogród پارک jardim grădină, parc парк záhrada, park park, vrt ba...
    especially
22. a large (usually formal) party, held in the garden of a house etc. tuinpartytjie حَفْلَة في حَديقَه прием в градина recepção ao ar livre zahradní slavnost die Gartenparty gardenparty; havefest υπαίθριο πάρτι recepción/fiesta al aire libre aiapidu مهمانی که در باغ برگزار شود puutarhajuhla garden- party מְסִיבַּת גַן बाग की पार्टी vrtna zabava kerti fogadás, parti pesta kebun garðveisla garden party, ricevimento all'aperto 園遊会 가든 파티 svečių suėjimas sode dārza svētki parti berkonsepkan taman tui...
    usually
23. A plot of land used for the cultivation of flowers, vegetables, herbs, or fruit.

Equivalents

Examples

“a vegetable garden”

“a flower garden”

“[…] I ſuppoſe the North ſide of the water to be the beſt ſide for your garden, that it may haue the comfort of the South Sunne to lye vpon it and face it, and the dwelling houſe to bee aboue it, to defend the cold windes and froſts both from your herbes, and flowers, and early fruits.”

“Maybe, I don't really wanna know / How your garden grows / 'Cause I just wanna fly”

“You can spend the afternoon walking around the town gardens.”

“a garden party”

“a garden path”

“a garden spade”

“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.”

“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.”

“32 Windsor Gardens.”

“Behind the tangled garden of microphones that had sprouted on the lectern, Goldwater spoke softly and casually about his family.”

“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.”

“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.”

“c. 2004, 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.”

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