Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To place (plants) in a greenhouse.

  2. (figuratively, transitive)To nurture in order to promote growth.

Examples

69 sentences

  1. I grow orchids in my greenhouse.

    Я вирощую орхідеї в оранжереї. — deniko

    ruЯ выращиваю орхидеи в своей оранжерее. — Svetislava

    deIch züchte Orchideen in meinem Gewächshaus. — mayabe

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  2. They grow strawberries in their greenhouse.

    ruВ своей теплице они выращивают клубнику. — Wezel

    deSie bauen Erdbeeren in ihrem Gewächshaus an. — KonstantinLukas

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  3. Tom is in the greenhouse, isn't he?

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  4. Tom is planning to build a greenhouse in his garden.

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  5. CO₂ has a lot to do with the so-called greenhouse effect.

    ruCO2 имеет прямое отношение к так называемому парниковому эффекту. — marafon

    deCO2 hat viel mit dem so genannten Treibhauseffekt zu tun. — Wolf

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Origin

From green + house ("house for growing greens"), in reference to the produce grown within.

From green + house ("house for growing greens"), in reference to the produce grown within.

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Forms

greenhouses, greenhousing, greenhoused, greenhoused
Base formgreenhouse · to greenhouse
3rd person singulargreenhouses
Present participlegreenhousing
Past simplegreenhoused
Past participlegreenhoused

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygreenhouse
he, she, itgreenhouses

Past simpleLesson

all personsgreenhoused

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave greenhoused
he, she, ithas greenhoused

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill greenhouse

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
greenA2greenerygreengrocergreeninggreenishgreetA1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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