garden

Definition

  • noun: an area of ground where plants (such as flowers or vegetables) are grown
  • noun: a plot of ground where herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables are cultivated
  • verb: to work in a garden
  • verb: to lay out or work in a garden
  • often plural
  • synonyms: potagerie, herbary, nursery

Examples

  • a 'garden party' [=a party that takes place in a garden or in a large yard with gardens]

  • They went to the hockey game at Madison Square 'Garden'.

  • He doesn't have the flu—just a 'garden-variety' cold.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Thy natural magic and dire property, on wholesome life usurp immediately Oh villain, villain, smiling damned villain. That a brother should be so perfidious He poisons him in the garden for his estate You shall see anon how the murderer gets the love of the old man's wife - The king rises (..)
    2015 Hamlet
  • (..) O God, O God How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world Fie on't, oh fie! 'Tis an unweeded garden that grows to seed Things rank and gross in nature possess it merely That it should come to this, but two months dead. Nay, not so much, not two So excellent a king, (..)
    2015 Hamlet