garden

noun, verb, adj — 13 senses

garden

noun

UK /ˈɡɑː.d(ə)n/ · CA, US /ˈɡɑɹ.d(ə)n/

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 and of garth. 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. Via PIE cognate with Bulgarian градина (gradina), Czech zahrada, Polish ogród, Russian огоро́д (ogoród). Compare typologically Latin hortus (a possible cognate via PIE); Ancient Greek περίβολος (períbolos), Proto-Iranian *paridayjah (whence Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos)).

9 senses
  1. 1An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants…
  2. 2Such an ornamental place to which the public have access.
  3. 3Taking place in, or used in, such a garden.
  4. 4An ornamental garden featuring plants and other features…
  5. 5The grounds at the front or back of a house.
  6. 6A road, street, or similar thoroughfare, which sometimes…
  7. 7The twentieth Lenormand card.
  8. 8A cluster; a bunch.
  9. 9Pubic hair or the genitalia it masks.
1

An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.

  • flower garden; herb garden; rose garden; vegetable 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.1629, John Parkinson, “The Situation of a Garden of Pleasure, with the Nature of Soyles, and How to Amend the Defects that are in Many Sorts of Situations and Grounds”, in Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris. […], London: […] Hvmfrey Lownes and Robert Yovng […], →OCLC, page 1:
1 more example
  • Maybe, I don't really wanna know / How your garden grows / 'Cause I just wanna fly1994, Noel Gallagher, “Live Forever”, in Definitely Maybe, performed by Oasis:
2

In plural Such an ornamental place to which the public have access.

  • You can spend the afternoon walking around the town gardens.
3

Taking place in, or used in, such a garden.

  • garden party; garden path; 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.1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 5, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN:
4

Broadly An ornamental garden featuring plants and other features to attract, house, conserve, benefit and/or display certain animals.

  • butterfly garden; wild bird garden
5

Appalachia, Ireland, New York City, UK 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.
1 more example
  • Our garden is overgrown with weeds.
6

In plural, Used in street names A road, street, or similar thoroughfare, which sometimes occupies a former garden.

  • 32 Windsor Gardens.
7

Cartomancy, Human sciences, Mysticism, Philosophy, Sciences The twentieth Lenormand card.

8

Figuratively 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, Charles McDowell, Campaign Fever: The National Folk Festival, from New Hampshire to November, 1964, Morrow, page 11:
9

Slang Pubic hair or the genitalia it masks.

  • 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.1995, Lee Tyler, Biblical Sexual Morality and What About Pornography? viewed at etext.org on 9 May 2006
  • 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.
1 more example
  • 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.
Synonyms
park, public garden, yard, pubic hair
Derived terms
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Hyponyms
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garden

verb
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 and of garth. 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. Via PIE cognate with Bulgarian градина (gradina), Czech zahrada, Polish ogród, Russian огоро́д (ogoród). Compare typologically Latin hortus (a possible cognate via PIE); Ancient Greek περίβολος (períbolos), Proto-Iranian *paridayjah (whence Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos)).

1

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.
2

Ball games, Cricket, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Of a batsman, to inspect and tap the pitch lightly with the bat so as to smooth out small rough patches and irregularities.

3

Slang To smoke marijuana.

Derived terms
gardener, gardening

garden

adj
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 and of garth. 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. Via PIE cognate with Bulgarian градина (gradina), Czech zahrada, Polish ogród, Russian огоро́д (ogoród). Compare typologically Latin hortus (a possible cognate via PIE); Ancient Greek περίβολος (períbolos), Proto-Iranian *paridayjah (whence Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos)).

1

Common, ordinary, domesticated.

  • In that case, the thing was mere plain or garden robbery.1925, Agatha Christie, The Secret of Chimneys:

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