noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The process or action of cultivating the soil, particularly in a garden; the care of a garden; horticulture. uncountable, usually

   "His hobby was gardening."

2. 2
   the cultivation of plants wordnet
3. 3
   Any process of care, maintenance, or curation, especially digitally. broadly, uncountable, usually

   "wiki gardening"

4. 4
   The act of a batsman prodding at the pitch with their bat, typically in order to flatten any bumps. uncountable, usually
5. 5
   The sowing of mines in water from low altitude. historical, slang, uncountable, usually

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of garden form-of, gerund, participle, present

   "He had been gardening all day."

Synonyms

All synonyms

bloomblossomblowcitriculturefloretfloriculture

Example

More examples

"Gardening has been popular for some years."

Etymology

From garden + -ing.

Related phrases

atomic gardeningdigital gardeningforest gardeninggardening leaveguerrilla gardeninglandscape gardeningmarket gardeninglandscape architecture

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.