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Webster 1913 Edition

Gardening

Gar′den-ing

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Noun.

The art of occupation of laying out and cultivating gardens; horticulture.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gardening

G`ARDENING

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ppr.

Cultivating or tilling a garden.

G`ARDENING

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Noun.

The act of laying out and cultivating gardens; horticulture.

Definition 2024

gardening

gardening

English

Noun

gardening ‎(countable and uncountable, plural gardenings)

The process or action of cultivating the soil, particularly in a garden; the care of a garden; horticulture.
His hobby was gardening.‎
- 1866, Elizabeth Gaskell, Wives and Daughters
  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.

Translations

the care of a garden

Chinese:
Mandarin: 园艺 (zh) ‎(yuányì), 園藝 (zh) ‎(yuányì)
Finnish: puutarhanhoito (fi)
French: jardinage (fr) m
Greek: κηπουρική (el) f ‎(kipourikí)
Icelandic: garðyrkja f
Italian: giardinaggio (it) m
Macedonian: градинарство n ‎(gradinárstvo)

Norwegian:

Bokmål: hagebruk n

Nynorsk: hagebruk n
Portuguese: jardinagem (pt) f
Romanian: grădinărit (ro)
Russian: садово́дство (ru) n ‎(sadovódstvo)
Swedish: trädgårdsodling c, hortikultur (sv) c
Yiddish: גערטנערײַ n ‎(gertneray)

Verb

gardening

present participle of garden
He had been gardening all day.‎

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