garden1 noungarden2 verb
gardengar‧den1 /ˈɡɑːdn $ ˈɡɑːr-/ ●●● S1 W1 noun 
WORD ORIGINgarden1
Origin:
1300-1400 Old North French probably from Vulgar Latin (hortus) gardinus ‘enclosed (garden)’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a vegetable garden
- At night, however, the garden is difficult to appreciate through the tinted windows.
- High railings guarded the small courtyard gardens, the gates of which were usually protected by push-button security-code entry locks.
- It has a secluded garden bordered by a stream.
- Red and purple salvias blend well to give a sense of harmony in the garden.
- The grass in the garden was uncut and came up to her calves.
- When Charles moved in to Highgrove there was practically no garden at all, just acres of lawn and some box hedges.
THESAURUSareas and structures in a garden
[countable] an area of short grass in a garden: · They were sitting on the front lawn of the house.
[countable] an area of ground where you grow flowers: · The flowerbeds were well maintained.
[countable] British English an area of a garden where there are rocks with small flowers growing between them
[countable] a row of small bushes or trees growing close together, used for dividing one garden from another: · a beech hedge
[countable] (also kitchen garden British English) a part of a garden where you grow vegetables
[countable] a flat stone area next to a house, where people sit outside
[uncountable] a flat wooden area in a garden, where people can sit
[countable] a small area of water in a garden
[countable] a small pool or structure with water running through it, used to make a garden look more attractive: ·
[countable] a glass building where you can grow plants that need protection from the weather: ·
[countable] a small wooden building in a garden, where you can store things
work you do in a garden to cut grass using a machine: · I need to mow the lawn.
to make a hedge look neater by cutting small pieces off it: · Hedges need to be trimmed regularly in summer.
to cut pieces off a bush in order to make it grow better: · March is the ideal time for pruning roses.
to remove unwanted plants: · Dad was doing some weeding.
to put seeds in the ground: · The children had been sowing sunflower seeds.
to put a plant or tree in the ground so that it will grow: · They’d planted a row of cherry trees.
to remove the dead or dying flowers from a plant: · When deadheading roses, make sure you use sharp pruning scissors.
WORD SETSallotment, nounannual, nounarbour, nounaspidistra, nounbackyard, nounbarrow, nounbed, nounbillhook, nounbirdbath, nounblackcurrant, nounbloom, nounbloom, verbblossom, nounblossom, verbbonemeal, nounborder, nounbush, nounbusy Lizzie, nouncamellia, nouncane, nouncarnation, nounchrysanthemum, nounclematis, nounclimber, nouncloche, nouncompost, nouncompost, verbconifer, nounconservatory, nouncornflower, nouncrazy paving, nouncultivate, verbcultivation, nouncutting, noundaffodil, noundahlia, nounedge, verbfertilizer, nounfish meal, nounflower, verbflowerbed, nounflowerpot, nounfoliage, nounforget-me-not, nounfork, nounfork, verbfoxglove, nounframe, noungarden, noungarden, verbgarden centre, noungardener, noungardenia, noungazebo, noungeranium, noungerminate, verbgladiolus, nounglasshouse, noungnome, noungraft, noungraft, verbgrass, noungreenfly, noungreenhouse, noungrowbag, nounGrowbag, nounhardware, nounhardy, adjectivehardy perennial, nounheavy, adjectivehedge, nounheliotrope, nounherbaceous border, nounherbicide, nounhibiscus, nounhoe, nounholly, nounhollyhock, nounhoneysuckle, nounhorticulture, nounhose, nounhosepipe, nounhothouse, nounhouseplant, nounhumus, nounhyacinth, nouninsecticide, nouniris, nounivy, nounjasmine, nounkitchen garden, nounlandscape, verblandscape architect, nounlandscape gardening, nounlawn, nounlawn mower, nounlift, verblilac, nounlily of the valley, nounlop, verblush, adjectivemanicured, adjectivemanure, nounmorning glory, nounmow, verbmower, nounmuck, nounmulch, nounmulch, verbnarcissus, nounnursery, nounnurseryman, nounorangery, nounorganic, adjectiveovergrown, adjectiveox-eye, nounpack, verbparterre, nounpatch, nounpeat, nounpeony, nounpergola, nounpesticide, nounpetunia, nounphlox, nounpink, nounplant, verbplanter, nounplot, nounpoinsettia, nounpot, nounpot, verbpot plant, nounpotted, adjectivepotting shed, nounpropagate, verbpropagator, nounprune, verbrake, nounrake, verbrank, adjectiverockery, nounrock garden, nounrose, nounscion, nounsecateurs, nounseed, verbseedbed, nounset, nounshears, nounsickle, nounsnapdragon, nounsod, nounsoil, nounsow, verbspade, nounsprinkler, nounsweet pea, nounsweet william, nountopdressing, nountopiary, nountrain, verbtransplant, verbtrellis, nountrimmer, nountrowel, nounturf, nounturf, verbuproot, verbvegetable, nounwater butt, nounwatering can, nounweed, verbweedkiller, nounweedy, adjectivewheelbarrow, nounwindow box, nounwisteria, nounyard, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meanings 1 & 2ADJECTIVES/NOUN + garden
Clean the ventilation ducts to remove dust and insect debris. a garden gnome a hillside planted with fir trees We sunbathed on a small secluded beach. the ancient city wallsCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
(=covered with plants that have grown in an uncontrolled way)· The garden is getting rather overgrown.
British English (also neat American English)· The hotel is set in a well-kept garden.
· There was a small untidy garden behind the house.
British English (=at the front of a house)· Their house had a small front garden.
British English (=behind a house)· The children are playing in the back garden.
(=a garden planted with flowers/roses)· The cottage was surrounded by a flower garden.
British English (=where you grow fruit and vegetables)· The kitchen garden supplies vegetables to the manor house.
(=where vegetables/herbs are grown)· Rows of lettuces had been sown in the vegetable garden.
(=a garden with rocks that have plants growing between them)· She helped me choose plants for the rock garden.
verbs· It hasn’t rained for a week – I should water the garden.
(=remove unwanted wild plants)· She was outside weeding the garden.
· They planted a beautiful rose garden in her memory.
garden + NOUN (=a small building in the garden for storing tools and equipment)· We keep the lawnmower in the garden shed.
(=tools that you use for digging, planting etc in the garden)· Choose the right garden tool and you’ll do the job properly.
British English, a garden center American English (=a shop selling plants and things for the garden)· I bought the plants at the garden centre.
(=chairs and tables used in a garden)· Garden furniture sells well when the weather is warm.
(=a long rubber tube used for watering a garden)· He accidentally left the garden hose running.
(=a small area of water in a garden)· The garden pond was full of fish.
(=a stone or plastic figure in a garden, which looks like a little old man with a pointed hat)· Somebody had stolen one of their garden gnomes.
(=the gate between a garden and the street)· Martin was waiting by the garden gate.
· Elaine walked up the garden path and into the house.
(=grass, leaves etc that you have cut and do not want)· The brown bin is for garden waste.
phrases British English (=the end of the garden, away from the house)· There was a trampoline at the bottom of the garden.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES British English (=where you can buy plants, trees etc)· The garden centre stocks a wide variety of houseplants.
Clean the ventilation ducts to remove dust and insect debris. (=for gardens)· A landscape designer was commissioned to design the garden.
· Dahlias have become one of the best loved garden flowers.
(=at the front of a house) We walked up the front steps and into the reception area.
We walked up the front steps and into the reception area.· Ellie ran down the path towards the garden gate.
· Gardening gloves protect your hands from being scratched or stung.
a garden gnome· Emma came running up the garden path.
(=plants that are grown in gardens)· These butterflies feed on the flowers of several garden plants.
a hillside planted with fir trees British English· How can I attract wildlife to my garden pond?
· She had filled a basket with her garden produce.
We sunbathed on a small secluded beach.· Try planting them in compost rather than garden soil.
· The water coming out of the kitchen tap had an odd smell.
· Marie was always willing to share her gardening tips.
· Anna was digging in the vegetable garden.
the ancient city walls· Running along that were the back gardens of a terrace of houses we must have driven by.· He thought he was doing me a favor because it had taken over much of our tiny back garden.· This was not only extremely kind, it was very convenient, as our back garden virtually backed on to their field.· She started with ten pens in the back garden of her bungalow in Twyning near Tewkesbury.· The back garden ended at a short steep scarp falling away to a small stream crossed only by a footbridge.· Her body was found buried in the back garden of a house in Swindon where Main once lived.· The back garden contains a variety of half-hardy plants for colour.
· Using the evidence of extensive archaeology, a remarkable and beautiful garden has been created.· I am pretending that I am creating a beautiful garden.· Every beautiful garden has its secrets.· The once beautiful gardens were nothing but dry brush, and the chicken coops were broken and falling down.· Lesser known are its beautiful gardens in Stanley Park.· Alton Towers, 10 miles away, is the largest leisure park in the country and combines a mini-Disneyland with beautiful gardens.· Planting plans Designing a beautiful garden is no more difficult on clay than anywhere else.· St Mary's has a busy harbour, and Tresco has a beautiful tropical garden.
· Founded in 1673, this small walled garden is the oldest botanical garden in the country after Oxford's.· Her office looks out over the botanical gardens and small reflecting pool in front of the Capitol.· Trees from every continent turn King's Park into a giant botanical garden.· The mayor is talking about selling off everything from botanical gardens to the water system and garbage pickup.· In the botanical gardens a huge tree had fallen and crushed a bus.· Another neat toy: an on-line tour of botanical garden Web sites.· Zoos, botanical gardens and some circuses claim they are serving conservation by breeding animals or plants in captivity.· Armed only with a sketchbook, Olwen travels all over the country in search of botanical gardens and interesting conservatories.
· Eighteenth-century maps of historic towns often show elaborate formal gardens behind the houses, but very few traces of these remain.· Randall Lodge's attractive formal gardens stretched round the east and south-east aspects.· In the mornings she walked in the formal garden.· Steam enthusiasts may ride Britain's longest private railway and Hestercombe House will delight lovers of formal gardens.· They can be simple and like wild roses, suitable for woodland gardens; or formal for town gardens.· There was no formal garden to the house, no garden fence.· To the West of the formal gardens is a paddock planted with a variety of trees and shrubs.· The formal garden was designed by Gertrude Jekyll.
· The house was called Lilac Villa, a name no one used, though the front garden contained several ancient gnarled lilac bushes.· They disappeared into the front garden of one of the houses.· Soon we arrived at Tower House, a suburban-style dwelling with a large front garden.· On the left was the neighbouring house, on the right the front garden of the farm.· The brick walls and paving of the front garden are clean and tidy, but rather harsh.· Mrs Grogan had seen a man half way up the sycamore tree in the Connons' front garden.· Everyone got down very quickly as another shell exploded in the front garden of a cottage across the road.· Twelve soldiers at least were in his small front garden and on the footpath.
· It has a large garden with fruit trees and a splendid mature walnut tree.· The large, mature garden is always very much enjoyed by guests in summer.· Soon we arrived at Tower House, a suburban-style dwelling with a large front garden.· It bears so much fruit that it can still supply the appetites of 50 children and a large population of garden birds.· As unexpected as the decoration is Peckover's large garden.· Plums, peaches, nectarines St Julian A Fairly vigorous, best for large gardens or poor soils.· There is a large garden restaurant where you can sit with drinks, snacks and meals.· Walking home, he goes through one large garden gate, only to see the other one fall down.
· She enjoys propagating, the rose garden contains pinks and martagon and regale lilies from seed.· Make sure you put my urn in the rose garden.· Gandhi the rice field, Tagore the rose garden.· The Clintons are expected to turn this into a rose garden.· He was King of Phrygia, the land of roses, and he had great rose gardens near his palace.· One of the Trust's early summer glories is the rose garden at Mottisfont Abbey in Hampshire.· Joe organized a beautiful private ceremony, and Delia was buried in his rose garden.
· Outside is a small garden pond.· It is suitable for even the smallest gardens, and if you can only accommodate one daisy-flowered perennial it should be this.· The original forest garden extended into further plots, an arboretum and a small peace garden.· Twelve soldiers at least were in his small front garden and on the footpath.· High railings guarded the small courtyard gardens, the gates of which were usually protected by push-button security-code entry locks.· There is a small walled garden at the front.· There was a small front garden with weed-filled flowerbeds on either side of the cracked centre path.· They're ideal for small gardens and crop heavily.
· You can take a day trip to Bodelwyddan Castle with its walled garden, aviary, maze and adventure woodland.· Lovely walled garden giving complete privacy, barbecue etc.· There is a small walled garden at the front.· There had been a picture towards the back of the journal-a portrait of a walled garden.· The house, dairy, farm buildings, walled garden and orchard show what life there was like eighty years ago.· Prices on request Right: A rectangular concrete pool designed by Buckingham to make the most of a walled garden.· Fragrance is particularly important in a walled or enclosed garden and both the lilies and the philadelphus will provide scent.· She lives now in converted weaving cottages in Kilbarchan, a walled garden already rich in spring colours.
NOUN· A new garden centre has opened which specialises in plants which can't be bought anywhere else.· Eventually it blossomed into a garden centre.· Next step you would think is to go to the garden centre and look for holly bushes with boy and girl names?· I recently saw them at my local garden centre.· Although they always look so tempting on the garden centre shelf, they are known to be very hard to please.· Locally, fleece may be available from your garden centre but do check the quality and price before buying.· In fact garden centre granite would do, and is very cheap.· From a busy garden centre, the company supplies roses, shrubs, trees and bedding plants, all at competitive prices.
· Carters: Shops and garden centres only.· Shops and garden centres are fully stocked with row upon row of tempting treasures to add to our gardens.· Suitable netting is available from garden centres as well as by mail order.· An onion set is a small onion which can be bought at garden centres or ordered from seed catalogues.· The company is concerned to halt a growing environmental campaign to boycott peat sales from garden centres and superstores around the country.· Mail order, shops and garden centres.· I've not seen them in local garden centres, where can I obtain some?· All of them should be easily obtainable from good garden centres.
· It favoured the second, advocating the establishment of garden cities surrounding London: dispersal and decentralization of both people and employment.· One block in the middle of the Northeast garden city, Washington New Town, now stands completely empty.· Reporting in 1935 it advocated the fullest adoption of the planned distribution of industry and population based on garden city development.· In its early days the Association was primarily concerned with campaigning for garden cities.
· Why did his knees creak like a garden gate when he sat down beside her?· Walking home, he goes through one large garden gate, only to see the other one fall down.· These are the Buddhist counterparts of the cherubim stationed by Yahweh at the garden gate.· Once, I remember, she even lay down by the garden gate.· Gates gone: Tyneside police are investigating a spate of thefts of wrought iron garden gates.· The wherry pulled in and we disembarked at the great garden gate.· An elderly couple were leaning over their garden gate.
· Cliff is the cook, and loves the job, especially as he can use produce from the greenhouse and herb garden.· Together they cultivate an herb garden with rosemary, basil and lavender.· A Mint, in its variegated varieties, makes a colourful addition to flower borders as well as herb gardens.· Over there is our herb garden, and here are some fruit trees, from which we are cultivating a new strain.· Dalgliesh could glimpse what was obviously her herb garden planted in elegant terracotta pots carefully disposed to catch the sun.· It has pretty herbaceous borders and an attractive paved herb garden, where on fine mornings breakfast is served.· Our herb garden was designed, sown and planted by 10 and 11-year olds and has given pleasure to many people.· We are very proud of our herb garden, and feel that every school should have one.
· At the risk of sounding smug, my ornamental kitchen garden gave me no such problems.· The food is freshly cooked using produce from the kitchen garden and local produce as much as possible.· He was a long-haired tabby she had found in the kitchen garden, old and nearly dead from starvation.· I got on with my kitchen garden.· A great deal of work was done at that time in enlarging and landscaping the park, creating lakes and the kitchen gardens.· Man and boy went off together in the direction of the kitchen garden.· The kitchen garden has a large conservatory with an old vine and cucumber frames straight out of Beatrix Potter.· He went to the gap in the hedge and saw Gary at the far end of the kitchen garden.
· It was built without delay, a short distance into Tennison Road, alongside a small market garden.· In particular, millions of pounds of market garden produce will be destroyed by dust during the construction period.· In addition, an expanding Kingston required increasing amounts of fruit and market garden produce which are currently the main products.· The island of Porto Santo grows cereals, vines, figs, market garden produce, melons and pumpkins.· Today it consists of a pub, several market gardens and a string of houses.· The market garden is managed on a shared basis, as are the bees, whose honey is sold in the shop.· Now they use them for arable cash crops and special market garden crops.· The warm spring climate makes it possible to produce early market garden crops before those in other parts of Britain.
· I was at his recent garden party and I have actually shaken his hand.· Joe even managed an invitation to a garden party given for the generalissimo and Madame Chiang.· The garden party held in July, took place at the Palace of Holyrood House.· I met her at a garden party in San Francisco the summer I got hepatitis.· One could imagine her at a shires garden party or a race meeting.· I emphasize that I have no wish to come across here as the skunk at the process improvement garden party.· That I was the absentee hostess and nobody like the chocolate cake we serve at the garden parties.
· Laying bricks or paviors on a bed of sand is probably the easiest way of making a garden path.· Elaine walked up the garden path and he followed her.· The concrete garden path has been bricked over and vines adorn the white-painted exterior.· And so they merely shook hands, and she walked off down the garden path to her door.· Up the garden path and a frisson of unease: there is no house, but a vista of a majestic lake.· But the storyteller has been using all his art to lead us up the garden path.· Then one of them led him up the garden path to a shed.· That is the garden path down which Bill and Ricky will come.
· Ants often farm colonies of aphids on garden plants, feeding off their honeydew, while protecting the aphids from predators.· Translated into reality, it means a self-contained sewage treatment garden plant and a haven for Britain's natural flora.· These four varieties are ideal small garden plants, as they grow on a single stem and don't need pruning.· Firstly we need some seeds to grow our garden plants from.· And what about the seeds of your other garden plants?· The project aims to sort out which garden plants can be harmful, and to define just how toxic they really are.· Stocks of potatoes, apples, strawberries as well as an array of garden plants are produced in this way.
· They are bright and enchanting and look superb in a rock garden, at the front of a border or in pots.· From water level as you approach through the rock garden it looks like one solid rock barrier.· The initial approach starts right of centre and works diagonally left through the rock garden.· She would buy white wrought-iron pieces with delicate tracery, and set them there, by the rock garden.· Rare trees and shrubs, bluebells, rock garden. 3 wheelchairs available.· The smaller kinds of daffodils and tulips are ideally suited to the rock garden or dry bed.· Larch and spruce shelter nature's own rock garden with the forest floor carpeted with many species of wild flowers.· Best used alone rather than in mixed bedding, in rock gardens, containers, & clumps at front of borders.
· The door of a garden shed had swung open.· But I knew it was best not to confess what I had seen inside her garden shed.· Under-sink cupboards and garden sheds should be kept permanently locked.· A police search of his home revealed 200,000 documents in his garden shed.· Since then, he claims, he's been repeatedly threatened, and now his garden shed has been daubed with graffiti.· Those seen in the spring will have hibernated over the winter in garden sheds or hollow trees.· Make a note of the symptoms, and pin it up in the garden shed - the remedies are self-evident.· But what if you can only afford a garden shed?
· The cart went along by the garden wall, and round to the back door.· Suddenly from every house, from the beached ships, from every garden wall MacIans were leaping out.· To try and get to it by going round outside the garden wall meant ploughing through waist-high nettles and clumps of bramble.· There is no cover for damage to terraces, patios, driveways, footpaths, garden walls and hedges.· The sound came from over the garden wall and I knew that no-one in that part of Gigant Street kept chicken.· Our escorts, both dressed in blazers and boaters jumped on-board - and promptly steered us straight for a garden wall.
VERB· Firstly we need some seeds to grow our garden plants from.· She must have all six kids cleaning the house, or growing food in the garden.· Little would grow in the garden except ferns and laurels.· Cabbage for fall and winter should be growing briskly in garden soil by the end of September.· A hardy annual, it can be grown in any garden where a few patches here and there can be a delight.· They moved in recently and paved half of my back yard, where I wanted to grow a garden in the spring.· Of trees growing in a garden outside window.· They chucked the peach stones over the parapet so that peach trees would grow in the garden next year and surprise everyone.
· In the narrow passage that led through to the garden, they came upon Rafiq.· We nodded at the mailboxes in, the narrow, tunnel-like passageway leading to the garden.· How I led him out of the garden and into a rough and stony place where naught but thistles and brambles grow!· He walked, slowly and stiffly, towards the ramp that led from the garden to the street.· Door to: Inner lobby: Door leading to Carport with garden beyond.· But the storyteller has been using all his art to lead us up the garden path.· Then one of them led him up the garden path to a shed.· Instinctively, she headed for the door that led out into the garden.
· And as the camera glides, it passes a couple sitting on a single, simple wooden bench overlooking the garden.· They overlook the gardens and face the waterfront.· It lies against a stone wall, shielded by birch and fur, overlooking a garden of remembrance, containing more memorials.· The other two overlook a stunning rooftop garden.· She was lying near a window overlooking a garden full of sunshine and green.· On another day in Kyoto we sat nearly an hour on the tatami in a tearoom overlooking an exquisite garden.· Redlands Here you can relax in a pine lodge overlooking a lovely garden, or sun yourself on the semi-circular sun terrace.· Elsewhere, a beautifully-equipped gymnasium, featuring a bank of television sets, overlooks the gardens.
· Standbridge Hotel E A highly individual place to stay. Set in substantial mature gardens and possessing a quiet and relaxed atmosphere.· Act 3 is set in the garden of a seaside monastery.· There is a swimming pool with terrace set amidst the sunny garden.· There is an attractive pool and children's pool set within landscaped gardens and surrounded by a sun terrace with sunloungers.· We watched six couples getting hitched in the tranquil setting of the garden gazebo before having their pictures taken on the beach.· Traditional style cottages and villas set amongst extravagant gardens - secluded, private and relaxed.· Opposite is the War Memorial designed by Lutyens and set in delightful gardens.· Some rooms are in the annexe and bungalows behind the main building set in their own gardens.
· Later they walked in the garden together, while Basil worked at the portrait.· In the film, transferred to video by my technologically excitable family, Poppa is walking in his backyard garden.· In the evening after milking she walked in the garden alone, thinking about it.· Jane and Rochester walk in the garden to soothe their nerves.· She and I walked in the ancient garden, talking quietly about our childhood meetings.· The first man walks in the garden on his way to a tennis date.· Elaine walked up the garden path and he followed her.· In the mornings she walked in the formal garden.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► GardensPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the bottom of a road/garden etc► common or garden► lead somebody up the garden path
- the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens
- Accommodation comprises 110 twin bedded bungalows and 15 Duplex Suites each with its own shady terrace and small walled garden.
- At Leicester the market place occupied the whole of the south-eastern quarter of the walled town.
- Founded in 1673, this small walled garden is the oldest botanical garden in the country after Oxford's.
- Like the people of Ferghana, its occupants were a settled people living in walled towns.
- She lives now in converted weaving cottages in Kilbarchan, a walled garden already rich in spring colours.
- The walled garden too had been carefully maintained.
- The existence of walled towns and castles created two problems.
- The house, dairy, farm buildings, walled garden and orchard show what life there was like eighty years ago.
WORD FAMILYnoungardengardenergardeningverbgarden
1[countable] British English the area of land next to a house, where there are flowers, grass, and other plants, and often a place for people to sit SYN yard American English: He’s outside in the garden. Grace brought us some flowers from her garden.back/front garden (=at the back or front of the house)2[countable] a part of the area next to a house, which has plants and flowers in it: The house has a beautiful herb garden.3gardens [plural] a large area of land where plants and flowers are grown so that the public can go and see them: the Botanical Gardens at Kew4Gardens British English used in the name of streets: 211 Roland Gardens → kitchen garden, market garden, → lead somebody up the garden path at lead1(12)COLLOCATIONS– Meanings 1 & 2ADJECTIVES/NOUN + gardenovergrown (=covered with plants that have grown in an uncontrolled way)· The garden is getting rather overgrown.well-kept/tidy British English (also neat American English)· The hotel is set in a well-kept garden.untidy· There was a small untidy garden behind the house.the front garden British English (=at the front of a house)· Their house had a small front garden.the back garden British English (=behind a house)· The children are playing in the back garden.a flower/rose garden (=a garden planted with flowers/roses)· The cottage was surrounded by a flower garden.a kitchen garden British English (=where you grow fruit and vegetables)· The kitchen garden supplies vegetables to the manor house.a vegetable/herb garden (=where vegetables/herbs are grown)· Rows of lettuces had been sown in the vegetable garden.a rock garden (=a garden with rocks that have plants growing between them)· She helped me choose plants for the rock garden.verbswater the garden· It hasn’t rained for a week – I should water the garden.weed the garden (=remove unwanted wild plants)· She was outside weeding the garden.plant a garden· They planted a beautiful rose garden in her memory.garden + NOUNa garden shed (=a small building in the garden for storing tools and equipment)· We keep the lawnmower in the garden shed.garden tools (=tools that you use for digging, planting etc in the garden)· Choose the right garden tool and you’ll do the job properly.a garden centre British English, a garden center American English (=a shop selling plants and things for the garden)· I bought the plants at the garden centre.garden furniture (=chairs and tables used in a garden)· Garden furniture sells well when the weather is warm.a garden hose (=a long rubber tube used for watering a garden)· He accidentally left the garden hose running.a garden pond (=a small area of water in a garden)· The garden pond was full of fish.a garden gnome (=a stone or plastic figure in a garden, which looks like a little old man with a pointed hat)· Somebody had stolen one of their garden gnomes.the garden gate (=the gate between a garden and the street)· Martin was waiting by the garden gate.a garden path· Elaine walked up the garden path and into the house.garden waste (=grass, leaves etc that you have cut and do not want)· The brown bin is for garden waste.phrasesthe bottom of the garden British English (=the end of the garden, away from the house)· There was a trampoline at the bottom of the garden.THESAURUSareas and structures in a gardenlawn [countable] an area of short grass in a garden: · They were sitting on the front lawn of the house.flowerbed [countable] an area of ground where you grow flowers: · The flowerbeds were well maintained.rockery [countable] British English an area of a garden where there are rocks with small flowers growing between themhedge [countable] a row of small bushes or trees growing close together, used for dividing one garden from another: · a beech hedgevegetable patch/plot [countable] (also kitchen garden British English) a part of a garden where you grow vegetablespatio [countable] a flat stone area next to a house, where people sit outsidedecking [uncountable] a flat wooden area in a garden, where people can sitpond [countable] a small area of water in a gardenwater feature [countable] a small pool or structure with water running through it, used to make a garden look more attractive: · greenhouse [countable] a glass building where you can grow plants that need protection from the weather: · shed [countable] a small wooden building in a garden, where you can store thingswork you do in a gardencut the grass/mow the lawn to cut grass using a machine: · I need to mow the lawn.trim a hedge to make a hedge look neater by cutting small pieces off it: · Hedges need to be trimmed regularly in summer.cut back/prune shrubs to cut pieces off a bush in order to make it grow better: · March is the ideal time for pruning roses.weed the flowerbeds/do some weeding to remove unwanted plants: · Dad was doing some weeding.sow seeds to put seeds in the ground: · The children had been sowing sunflower seeds.plant a plant/tree to put a plant or tree in the ground so that it will grow: · They’d planted a row of cherry trees.deadhead plants to remove the dead or dying flowers from a plant: · When deadheading roses, make sure you use sharp pruning scissors.garden1 noungarden2 verb
gardengarden2 verb [intransitive] VERB TABLE
garden
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | garden |
| he, she, it | gardens | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | gardened |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have gardened |
| he, she, it | has gardened | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had gardened |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will garden |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have gardened |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am gardening |
| he, she, it | is gardening | |
| you, we, they | are gardening | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was gardening |
| you, we, they | were gardening | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been gardening |
| he, she, it | has been gardening | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been gardening |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be gardening |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been gardening |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Stephen's mom loves to garden in her spare time.
- She doesn't garden you know.
- Topping the list of my favorite prose pieces are Kenyon's incredible hiking and gardening essays.
WORD SETS
allotment, nounannual, nounarbour, nounaspidistra, nounbackyard, nounbarrow, nounbed, nounbillhook, nounbirdbath, nounblackcurrant, nounbloom, nounbloom, verbblossom, nounblossom, verbbonemeal, nounborder, nounbush, nounbusy Lizzie, nouncamellia, nouncane, nouncarnation, nounchrysanthemum, nounclematis, nounclimber, nouncloche, nouncompost, nouncompost, verbconifer, nounconservatory, nouncornflower, nouncrazy paving, nouncultivate, verbcultivation, nouncutting, noundaffodil, noundahlia, nounedge, verbfertilizer, nounfish meal, nounflower, verbflowerbed, nounflowerpot, nounfoliage, nounforget-me-not, nounfork, nounfork, verbfoxglove, nounframe, noungarden, noungarden, verbgarden centre, noungardener, noungardenia, noungazebo, noungeranium, noungerminate, verbgladiolus, nounglasshouse, noungnome, noungraft, noungraft, verbgrass, noungreenfly, noungreenhouse, noungrowbag, nounGrowbag, nounhardware, nounhardy, adjectivehardy perennial, nounheavy, adjectivehedge, nounheliotrope, nounherbaceous border, nounherbicide, nounhibiscus, nounhoe, nounholly, nounhollyhock, nounhoneysuckle, nounhorticulture, nounhose, nounhosepipe, nounhothouse, nounhouseplant, nounhumus, nounhyacinth, nouninsecticide, nouniris, nounivy, nounjasmine, nounkitchen garden, nounlandscape, verblandscape architect, nounlandscape gardening, nounlawn, nounlawn mower, nounlift, verblilac, nounlily of the valley, nounlop, verblush, adjectivemanicured, adjectivemanure, nounmorning glory, nounmow, verbmower, nounmuck, nounmulch, nounmulch, verbnarcissus, nounnursery, nounnurseryman, nounorangery, nounorganic, adjectiveovergrown, adjectiveox-eye, nounpack, verbparterre, nounpatch, nounpeat, nounpeony, nounpergola, nounpesticide, nounpetunia, nounphlox, nounpink, nounplant, verbplanter, nounplot, nounpoinsettia, nounpot, nounpot, verbpot plant, nounpotted, adjectivepotting shed, nounpropagate, verbpropagator, nounprune, verbrake, nounrake, verbrank, adjectiverockery, nounrock garden, nounrose, nounscion, nounsecateurs, nounseed, verbseedbed, nounset, nounshears, nounsickle, nounsnapdragon, nounsod, nounsoil, nounsow, verbspade, nounsprinkler, nounsweet pea, nounsweet william, nountopdressing, nountopiary, nountrain, verbtransplant, verbtrellis, nountrimmer, nountrowel, nounturf, nounturf, verbuproot, verbvegetable, nounwater butt, nounwatering can, nounweed, verbweedkiller, nounweedy, adjectivewheelbarrow, nounwindow box, nounwisteria, nounyard, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Clean the ventilation ducts to remove dust and insect debris. a garden gnome a hillside planted with fir trees We sunbathed on a small secluded beach. the ancient city walls
British English (=where you can buy plants, trees etc)· The garden centre stocks a wide variety of houseplants.
Clean the ventilation ducts to remove dust and insect debris. (=for gardens)· A landscape designer was commissioned to design the garden.
· Dahlias have become one of the best loved garden flowers.
(=at the front of a house) We walked up the front steps and into the reception area.
We walked up the front steps and into the reception area.· Ellie ran down the path towards the garden gate.
· Gardening gloves protect your hands from being scratched or stung.
a garden gnome· Emma came running up the garden path.
(=plants that are grown in gardens)· These butterflies feed on the flowers of several garden plants.
a hillside planted with fir trees British English· How can I attract wildlife to my garden pond?
· She had filled a basket with her garden produce.
We sunbathed on a small secluded beach.· Try planting them in compost rather than garden soil.
· The water coming out of the kitchen tap had an odd smell.
· Marie was always willing to share her gardening tips.
· Anna was digging in the vegetable garden.
the ancient city wallsPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the bottom of a road/garden etc► common or garden► lead somebody up the garden path
- Accommodation comprises 110 twin bedded bungalows and 15 Duplex Suites each with its own shady terrace and small walled garden.
- At Leicester the market place occupied the whole of the south-eastern quarter of the walled town.
- Founded in 1673, this small walled garden is the oldest botanical garden in the country after Oxford's.
- Like the people of Ferghana, its occupants were a settled people living in walled towns.
- She lives now in converted weaving cottages in Kilbarchan, a walled garden already rich in spring colours.
- The walled garden too had been carefully maintained.
- The existence of walled towns and castles created two problems.
- The house, dairy, farm buildings, walled garden and orchard show what life there was like eighty years ago.
WORD FAMILYnoungardengardenergardeningverbgarden
to work in a garden, keeping it clean, growing plants etc