make garden
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.75 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To plant or maintain a garden, especially a vegetable garden.
Canadian usage; American usage; Dated
Example Sentences
- "As the spring advanced, and after Jacob left us, he seemed ashamed of sitting in the house doing nothing, and therefore undertook to make us a garden, or “to make garden” as the Canadians term preparing a few vegetables for the season."
- "“Can you take care of horses?” “Yes.” “Make garden?” “Yes—I always took care of mother’s.”"
- "[…] Ántonia and her mother were making garden, off across the pond in the draw-head."
- "Crossing a ridge, he was happy to see that Miz’ Doanie and her three children were all out making garden."
- "In the other century, and for a considerable number of years in this one, the solid citizenry of the town prided itself on home ownership [...]. One got a little place, planted a couple of fruit trees and a currant bush out back, made garden, seeded a lawn, and put a standing lamp on a center table in the living room."