"animaux" wrote in message
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On Sun, 18 May 2003 20:52:54 GMT, "Shepherd"
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Gardening is also a noun meaning the cultivation of plants.


"Garden" is a noun. "Gardening" is a verb.

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Noun: gardening
1. The cultivation of plants

Verb: garden
1. Work in the garden

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Merriam-Webster's Unabridged Dictionary

Main Entry: gardening

Function: noun
Inflected Form:-s
Etymology:from gerund of 2garden

: the laying out or care of gardens

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Random House Unabridged Dictionary

gar·den·ing (gärdÆning), n.

1. the act of cultivating or tending a garden.

2. the work or art of a gardener.

[1570-80; GARDEN + -ING1]