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

  • (..) In the homosexual community there's sometimes anonymous... I know what Grindr is. I have gay friends. So you will survive. It's just a garden variety panic attack. Welcome to Silicon Valley. We see people like you all the time. - Really? - Yes. It's just I have to make (..)
    2014 TvShow: Silicon Valley Title: Minimum Viable Product Season: 1 Episode 1
  • (..) - Keep moving! Castle South clear. Clear! We have Castle Sky. Five agents in the East Gate, four in the garden. The rest should be on the South Lawn. And two policemen on the South Gate. - Let's go. - Let's go! Keep moving! Shots fired. Code Black! Code Black! (..)
    2013 White House Down
  • (..) Run, rabbit, run! Run, rabbit! Baby: There once was a woman who lived with her daughter In a cabbage garden. Along came a rabbit and ate up all the cabbages. The woman said, "Go Into the garden and drive out the rabbit. " Mary. (..)
    2003 House of 1000 Corpses