gardens

noun

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

(in the plural) Such an ornamental place to which the public have access.

(British, Ireland, Appalachia, New York City) The grounds at the front or back of a house.

(attributive) Taking place in, or used in, such a garden.

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

(figuratively) A cluster; a bunch.

(slang) Pubic hair or the genitalia it masks.

(cartomancy) The twentieth Lenormand card.

A surname.

(UK, slang, obsolete) Covent Garden in London, England, or its theatre or market.

verb

(intransitive) To grow plants in a garden; to create or maintain a garden.

(slang) To smoke marijuana.

(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.

adjective

Common, ordinary, domesticated.

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