English [ edit ]

Noun [ edit ]

gardening ( usually uncountable , plural gardenings )

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

   His hobby was gardening .

   • 1833 , James Rennie , “The Word Gardening”, in Alphabet of Scientific Gardening for the Use of Beginners , London: William Orr, page 1:

     Gardening , then, is a sort of refined farming upon a limited scale.

   • 1864 August ? 1866 January, [Elizabeth] Gaskell , chapter XLVI, in Wives and Daughters. An Every-day Story.   [ … ] , volume II, London: Smith, Elder and Co. ,   [ … ] , published 1866 , →OCLC :

     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. ( by extension ) Any process of care , maintenance , or curation , especially digitally .

   wiki gardening

   digital gardening

   • 2008 , Mark S. Choate, Professional Wikis , John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN , page 171 :

     Several special pages help with the wiki gardening task:¶ ? Uncategorized pages ( Special:Uncategorizedpages ): These are pages that do not have one or more categories assigned. Use this page to ensure that all pages are categorized.

   • 2020 September 3, Tanya Basu, “Digital gardens let you cultivate your own little bit of the internet”, in MIT Technology Review ‎ ^[1] :

     Tom Critchlow, a consultant who has been cultivating his digital garden for years, spells out the main difference between old-school blogging and digital gardening .

3. ( cricket ) The act of a batsman prodding at the pitch with his bat , typically in order to flatten any bumps.
4. ( RAF , slang , historical ) The sowing of mines in water from low altitude.

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Verb [ edit ]

gardening

1. present participle and gerund of garden

   He had been gardening all day.

Anagrams [ edit ]

• dangering , deranging , gandering , grenading