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gardening
(encz) | gardening,zahradničení n: Zdeněk Brož |
Gardening
(gcide) | Garden \Gar"den\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gardened; p. pr. & vb.
n. Gardening.]
To lay out or cultivate a garden; to labor in a garden; to
practice horticulture.
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Gardening
(gcide) | Gardening \Gar"den*ing\, n.
The art of occupation of laying out and cultivating gardens;
horticulture.
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gardening
(wn) | gardening
n 1: the cultivation of plants [syn: gardening,
horticulture] |
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flower gardening
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gardening
(encz) | gardening,zahradničení n: Zdeněk Brož |
landscape gardening
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market gardening
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Landscape gardening
(gcide) | Landscape \Land"scape\, n. [Formerly written also landskip.]
[D. landschap; land land + -schap, equiv. to E. -schip; akin
to G. landschaft, Sw. landskap, Dan. landskab. See Land,
and -schip.]
1. A portion of land or territory which the eye can
comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it
contains.
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2. A picture representing a scene by land or sea, actual or
fancied, the chief subject being the general aspect of
nature, as fields, hills, forests, water. etc. Compare
seascape.
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3. The pictorial aspect of a country.
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The landscape of his native country had taken hold
on his heart. --Macaulay.
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Landscape gardening, The art of laying out grounds and
arranging trees, shrubbery, etc., in such a manner as to
produce a picturesque effect.
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Market gardening
(gcide) | Market \Mar"ket\, n. [Akin to D. markt, OHG. mark[=a]t,
merk[=a]t, G. markt; all fr.L. mercatus trade, market place,
fr. mercari, p. p. mercatus, to trade, traffic, merx, mercis,
ware, merchandise, prob. akin to merere to deserve, gain,
acquire: cf. F. march['e]. See Merit, and cf. Merchant,
Mart.]
1. A meeting together of people, at a stated time and place,
for the purpose of buying and selling (as cattle,
provisions, wares, etc.) by private purchase and sale, and
not by auction; as, a market is held in the town every
week; a farmers' market.
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He is wit's peddler; and retails his wares
At wakes, and wassails, meetings, markets, fairs.
--Shak.
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Three women and a goose make a market. --Old Saying.
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2. A public place (as an open space in a town) or a large
building, where a market is held; a market place or market
house; esp., a place where provisions are sold.
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There is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool.
--John v. 2.
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3. An opportunity for selling or buying anything; demand, as
shown by price offered or obtainable; as, to find a market
for one's wares; there is no market for woolen cloths in
that region; India is a market for English goods; there
are none for sale on the market; the best price on the
market.
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There is a third thing to be considered: how a
market can be created for produce, or how production
can be limited to the capacities of the market. --J.
S. Mill.
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4. Exchange, or purchase and sale; traffic; as, a dull
market; a slow market.
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5. The price for which a thing is sold in a market; market
price. Hence: Value; worth.
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What is a man
If his chief good and market of his time
Be but to sleep and feed? --Shak.
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6. (Eng. Law) The privelege granted to a town of having a
public market.
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7. A specified group of potential buyers, or a region in
which goods may be sold; a town, region, or country, where
the demand exists; as, the under-30 market; the New Jersey
market.
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Note: Market is often used adjectively, or in forming
compounds of obvious meaning; as, market basket, market
day, market folk, market house, marketman, market
place, market price, market rate, market wagon, market
woman, and the like.
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Market beater, a swaggering bully; a noisy braggart. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
Market bell, a bell rung to give notice that buying and
selling in a market may begin. [Eng.] --Shak.
Market cross, a cross set up where a market is held.
--Shak.
Market garden, a garden in which vegetables are raised for
market.
Market gardening, the raising of vegetables for market.
Market place, an open square or place in a town where
markets or public sales are held.
Market town, a town that has the privilege of a stated
public market.
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flower gardening
(wn) | flower gardening
n 1: the cultivation of flowering plants [syn: {flower
gardening}, floriculture] |
gardening
(wn) | gardening
n 1: the cultivation of plants [syn: gardening,
horticulture] |
landscape gardening
(wn) | landscape gardening
n 1: working as a landscape gardener [syn: landscaping,
landscape gardening] |
market gardening
(wn) | market gardening
n 1: the growing of vegetables or flowers for market |
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