lawn
Ground covered with grass kept closely mownGround (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.
» We water our lawn in the afternoon.
Ми поливаємо свій газон вдень. — deniko
Ми поливаємо газон вдень. — deniko
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6 senses(countable, uncountable)Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.
Rasen, Wiese
газо́нgazón, лужа́йкаlužájka
газо́нhazón, лужо́кlužók
(England, countable, historical, regional, uncountable)An open space between woods.
Lichtung
опу́шкаopúška, поля́наpoljána, лужа́йкаlužájka
галя́винаhaljávyna
(countable, uncountable)An overgrown agar culture, such that no separation between single colonies exists.
(uncountable)A type of thin linen or cotton fabric tightly woven of fine threads. (Traditionally expensive and luxurious in centuries past.)
(countable, in the plural, uncountable)Pieces of this fabric, especially as used for the sleeves of a bishop.
(countable, obsolete)A piece of clothing made from lawn.
- a field of cultivated and mowed grass
Examples
282 sentencesWe water our lawn in the afternoon.
Ми поливаємо свій газон вдень. — deniko
I want Tom to mow the lawn.
Я хочу, щоб Том підстриг газон. — deniko
Did you tell Tom to mow the lawn?
Ти сказав Тому покосити траву на газоні? — deniko
ruТы сказал Тому покосить лужайку? — sharptoothed
When did you seed the lawn?
Коли ти засіяв газон? — deniko
ruКогда вы засеяли лужайку? — sharptoothed
I'm watering the lawn.
Я поливаю газон. — deniko
ruЯ поливаю газон. — marafon
Translations
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Origin
Apparently from Laon, a French town known for its linen manufacturing, from Old French LApparently from Laon, a French town known for its linen manufacturing, from Old French Lan, from Latin Laudunum, a Celtic name cognate with Lugdunum.
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Forms
plural: lawnsWord family
39 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
7 patterns- mow the lawn
- mow our lawn
- lawn mower
- mowing his lawn
- watering the lawn
- mow your lawn
- mowing lawns
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary 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.