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to landscape

11 3.7
To change land by planting trees and flowers and adding paths to make it look nicer
  • verb
  • /ˈlændˌskeɪp/
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  • The interior will include a landscaped atrium beneath a pyramidal skylight.
  • to landscape the grounds
  • beautifully landscaped
  • to landscape a park

Examples

  • The premise is exquisitely landscaped with a picturesque Balinese garden by the restaurant.

    Academic text (2001)
  • I'm gonna be landscaping for her.

  • And we're having the outside landscaped, so no one will know that it's there.

  • They're landscaping their entire property.

  • They landscaped round it when we developed the course.

  • Most of the lawns were newly seeded and landscaped with small dogwoods and fruit trees.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Lindsay worked on it all the time, landscaping the backyard, sanding, scraping, and painting.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • The design also includes a visual berm that will be landscaped to maintain an aesthetically pleasing appearance from the highway.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The nursing home was a sprawl of landscaped grounds and low-slung stucco buildings, faintly Spanish in design.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • They hired a team of professionals to landscape their backyard with colorful flowers and vibrant greenery.

Idioms

To make a place, industry or situation look and work very differently

Compounds

The state of government, parties, and power in a country or region

A person who plans and designs gardens, parks, and outdoor places to make them useful and attractive

A picture that shows natural scenery like hills, trees, and rivers

1 5.4

The design and planning of outdoor places like parks and gardens

A very dry area of land with little or no plant life

An area of land with many green plants and trees

A very beautiful view that makes you feel amazed

An area of land with little water and few plants

A person who designs and arranges gardens and outdoor spaces so they look nice

Planning and caring for outdoor areas and plants to make them attractive

Land that shows damage from war or fighting

9.9

A very dark, gloomy place that feels mysterious and scary

9.9

A dark, gloomy scene that looks like hell

An area of rough ground with many hard sharp stones and few plants

glacial landscape
  • Specialized
6.4

An area of land shaped by moving ice

9.9

A land with snow and ice far in the north

A natural view that looks like a pretty picture

The current state of the technology industry, including trends and companies

A political situation where one party controls government and limits choices for voters

Land formed by lava and ash, with craters and dark rock

How Extensive

to transform
523 3.4
to landscape
11 3.7
to plant
361 1.0
to trim
95 2.6

Surface Forms

landscape infinitive
landscaped past
landscaped past participle
landscaping present participle
landscapes third person singular

Etymology

Landscape as a verb comes from the idea of making land look like a pleasant view; to landscape is to change and plant the land so it becomes a better landscape.