to landscape
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3.7
- verb
- /ˈlændˌskeɪp/
- The interior will include a landscaped atrium beneath a pyramidal skylight.
- to landscape the grounds
- beautifully landscaped
- to landscape a park
Examples
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The premise is exquisitely landscaped with a picturesque Balinese garden by the restaurant.
Academic text (2001) -
I'm gonna be landscaping for her.
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And we're having the outside landscaped, so no one will know that it's there.
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They're landscaping their entire property.
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They landscaped round it when we developed the course.
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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
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5.5
To make a place, industry or situation look and work very differently
Compounds
6
4.2
A person who plans and designs gardens, parks, and outdoor places to make them useful and attractive
- Specialized
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5.4
The design and planning of outdoor places like parks and gardens
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3.4
A person who designs and arranges gardens and outdoor spaces so they look nice
A political situation where one party controls government and limits choices for voters
How Extensive
Surface Forms
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.