gardening
Noun

gardening

  1. 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.
  2. (cricket) The act of a batsman prodding at the pitch with his bat, typically in order to flatten any bumps
Translations Verb
  1. present participle of garden#English|garden
    He had been gardening all day.



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