garden vs quad

garden

noun
  • The grounds at the front or back of a house. 

  • Such an ornamental place to which the public have access. 

  • The twentieth Lenormand card. 

  • A cluster; a bunch. 

  • An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes. 

  • Pubic hair or the genitalia it masks. 

  • Taking place in, or used in, such a garden. 

verb
  • Of a batsman, to inspect and tap the pitch lightly with the bat so as to smooth out small rough patches and irregularities. 

  • To grow plants in a garden; to create or maintain a garden. 

adj
  • Common, ordinary, domesticated. 

quad

noun
  • A quadrangle (quadrangular courtyard). 

  • A quadriplegic person. 

  • A skate with four wheels. 

  • A quadcopter. 

  • A blank metal block used to fill short lines of type. 

  • A keyboard command which aligns text with the left or right margin, or centred between them. In combination, as quad left, quad right, or quad centre. 

  • A kind of round-robin tournament between four players, where each participant plays every other participant once. 

  • Quadruplex videotape. 

  • The quadriceps muscle. 

  • A quadrupel beer. 

  • A quad bike (from quadricycle) 

  • The Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price bound in a single volume. 

  • A quadruplet (infant). 

  • A serving of four shots of espresso. 

  • A quadrilateral. 

  • A joke used to fill long days of setting type. 

  • A poster, measuring forty by thirty inches, advertising a cinematic film release. 

adj
  • Of or relating to quads. 

  • Having four shots of espresso. 

verb
  • To fill spaces in a line of type with quads. Also quad out. 

  • To twist four individually insulated conductors together as two pairs of twisted wires that are then twisted together. 

  • To align text with the left or right margin, or centre it. 

  • to ride a quad bike 

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