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garden

/ˈɡɑːdn/noun

उच्चारण गार्डन

बगीचा, बाग़

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noun
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    [C]

    a piece of land next to a house where flowers, vegetables or fruit are grown

    बगीचा, बाग़

    • She grows tomatoes in her garden.
    • Marigolds bloom in the garden behind our house every year during Diwali.
    • Radhika waters the plants in the garden every morning.
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    • The children played cricket in the garden.
    • We sat in the garden and drank tea.
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    [C, usually pl.]

    a public park with flowers, trees and grass

    सार्वजनिक उद्यान

    • the Mughal Gardens in Srinagar
    • The botanical garden is a popular picnic spot for families.
    • The family spent Sunday at the botanical gardens in Bengaluru.
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    • The city's gardens are crowded at sunset.
    • Visitors from around the world come to see the Lodhi Gardens in Delhi.

    Synonyms park

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

in the garden / in a garden

Use in for being inside a garden. Be careful: in British English garden means the private space next to a house, not a public park.

Garden के अंदर होने के लिए 'in' का प्रयोग होता है। ध्यान रहे, British English में garden घर के साथ वाला निजी स्थान है, सार्वजनिक park नहीं।

  • The children are playing in the garden.
  • Our neighbour keeps hens in her back garden.

garden (verb) / do the gardening

Garden is also a verb meaning to work in a garden; the noun gardening names the activity. Do not say 'do garden'.

'Garden' verb भी है, जिसका अर्थ बगीचे में काम करना है; गतिविधि का नाम 'gardening' है। 'Do garden' नहीं कहा जाता।

  • My grandfather gardens every morning.
  • Gardening helps her relax after school.

garden + noun (compound)

Garden often acts like an adjective in compounds such as garden party, garden gate and garden chair.

'Garden' प्रायः compound nouns में adjective की तरह काम करता है, जैसे garden party, garden gate और garden chair।

  • They held a garden party for the retiring principal.

gardens (plural, public) / botanical gardens

In the plural with a name, gardens means a large public place with plants, as in 'Lodhi Gardens'.

Plural रूप 'gardens' जब किसी नाम के साथ आता है, तब पौधों वाले बड़े सार्वजनिक स्थान को बताता है, जैसे 'Lodhi Gardens'।

  • We visited the botanical gardens in Kolkata.
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adjective + garden

frontbackvegetablerockkitchenroof

  • They grow coriander and mint in the kitchen garden.

verb + garden

waterplantdigtendweed

  • Radhika waters the garden every evening.

garden + noun

partypathfurniturecentrecitywall

  • The garden path was wet after the shower.
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  • The old house has a large garden full of mango and guava trees.

पुराने घर में आम और अमरूद के पेड़ों से भरा एक बड़ा बगीचा है।

  • Mughal Gardens in Delhi open to the public every spring.

दिल्ली के मुगल गार्डन हर वसंत में आम जनता के लिए खुलते हैं।

  • My mother grows tulsi in a small pot in the garden.

मेरी माँ बगीचे में एक छोटे गमले में तुलसी उगाती है।

  • The garden gate creaked in the evening wind.

शाम की हवा में बगीचे का फाटक चरमराया।

  • The teacher led us through the school garden to the lab.

शिक्षक हमें विद्यालय के बगीचे से होकर प्रयोगशाला तक ले गए।

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✗ We went for a walk in the garden of the city yesterday.

✓ We went for a walk in the public park yesterday.

In British English, a garden is a private space; for a public place use park.

British English में garden निजी स्थान होता है; सार्वजनिक स्थान के लिए 'park' का प्रयोग करें।

✗ My father likes to do garden on Sundays.

✓ My father likes gardening on Sundays.

The activity is gardening; 'do garden' is not English.

गतिविधि का नाम 'gardening' है; 'do garden' अंग्रेज़ी में नहीं होता।

✗ The children play at the garden.

✓ The children play in the garden.

Use in, not at, for being inside the space of a garden.

बगीचे के अंदर के स्थान के लिए 'at' नहीं, 'in' का प्रयोग होता है।

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Synonyms

park

✓In the exam

One-word substitution

The person who looks after a garden is a gardener; the art of growing gardens is horticulture; a garden for growing young plants is a nursery; a place for fruit trees is an orchard.

बगीचे की देखभाल करने वाला gardener, बागवानी की कला horticulture, पौधे उगाने की जगह nursery और फलों के पेड़ों का बाग़ orchard कहलाता है।