landscaped

Variant of landscape

landscape definition

land·scape (land′skāp′)

noun

  1. a picture representing a section of natural, inland scenery, as of prairie, woodland, mountains, etc.
  2. the branch of painting, photography, etc. dealing with such pictures
  3. an expanse of natural scenery considered in terms of its visual effect

Etymology: 17th-c. art borrowing (cf. easel, lay figure) < Du landschap < land, land + -schap, -ship: earlier also landskip, akin to OE landscipe, Ger landschaft

transitive verb landscaped -·scaped′, landscaping -·scap′·ing

to change the natural features of (a plot of ground) so as to make it more attractive, as by adding lawns, trees, bushes, etc.

intransitive verb

to work as a landscape architect or gardener

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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