Definition of "garden" in İngilizce

noun

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

   • a vegetable garden
   • a flower garden

2. (British, Ireland, Appalachia, New York City) 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.
   • Our garden is overgrown with weeds.

3. (in the plural, used in street names) A road, street, or similar thoroughfare, which sometimes occupies a former garden.

   • 32 Windsor Gardens.

4. (cartomancy) The twentieth Lenormand card.

5. (figuratively) A cluster; a bunch.

6. (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.
   • 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.
   • 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.

verb

1. (intransitive) 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. (intransitive, cricket) 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.

adjective

1. Common, ordinary, domesticated.