gardening

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UK /ˈɡɑː.dən.ɪŋ/ US /ˈɡɑɹ.dən.ɪŋ/

noun 4

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

organic | landscape, market

VERB + GARDENING

My mother does the gardening every weekend, growing vegetables in her backyard.

GARDENING + NOUN

business

My uncle turned his passion for plants into a profitable gardening business last year.

book, magazine

programme, show

My grandmother watches the gardening programme every Sunday morning to learn new techniques.

equipment, gloves, tools | expert

Definitions

noun

The process or action of cultivating the soil, particularly in a garden; the care of a garden; horticulture.

His hobby was gardening.

Gardening, then, is a sort of refined farming upon a limited scale.

Any process of care, maintenance, or curation, especially digitally.

wiki gardening

digital gardening

The act of a batsman prodding at the pitch with their bat, typically in order to flatten any bumps.

The sowing of mines in water from low altitude.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the cultivation of plants

horticulture

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

His hobby was gardening.

Wiktionary

Gardening, then, is a sort of refined farming upon a limited scale.

Wiktionary

Warm ambient air, loiterings abroad, gardenings, flowers to take about, and preserves to make, soothed the wicked imp to slumber in the parish of Hollingford in summer-time.

Wiktionary

Gardening has been popular for some years.

Tatoeba · #25942

I am gardening these days just to kill time.

Tatoeba · #59228

Father does gardening whenever he gets a chance.

Tatoeba · #64835

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, gardening is marked as slang, historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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