garden

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈɡɑːdən/, SAMPA: /"gA:d@n/
• (US) enPR: gärʹdən, IPA ^(key): /ˈɡɑːrdən/, SAMPA: /"gA:rd@n/

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• Hyphenation: gar‧den

Noun

Singular garden

Plural gardens

A garden

1. (countable) A garden is a place where flowers and other plants grow where people want them to. Frequently it is a small place with a wall around it, near a house. It may have rocks and other things in it to look beautiful.

   She spends a lot of time taking care of the flowers in her garden.

Verb

Plain form garden

Third-person singular gardens

Past tense gardened

Past participle gardened

Present participle gardening

1. (intransitive) If you garden, you work in a garden, especially your own garden around your house.

   He joined his mother when she gardened and talked to her flowers.