gardening

plural gardenings

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

   His hobby was gardening.

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

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

   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.

   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

2. broadlyuncountableusuallyAny process of care, maintenance, or curation, especially digitally.

   wiki gardening

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   digital gardening

   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.

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

   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.

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

3. uncountableusuallyball gamesThe act of a batsman prodding at the pitch with their bat, typically in order to flatten any bumps.
4. historicalslanguncountableusuallyRAFThe sowing of mines in water from low altitude.

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of garden

   He had been gardening all day.