garden

  1. Noun.  An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food (''vegetable garden'') or ornamental purposes (''flower garden'').
  2. Noun.  (context, in the plural) Such an ornamental place to which the public have access.
  3. Noun.  The grounds at the front or back of a house.
  4. Noun.  (figuratively) A cluster, a bunch.
  5. Noun.  (slang) Pubic hair or the genitalia it masks.
  6. Verb.  (intransitive, chiefly) to grow plants in a garden; to create or maintain a garden.
  7. Verb.  (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.
  8. Adjective.  Of, relating to, in, from or for use in a garden.
  9. Adjective.  Common, ordinary, domesticated.

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