The act of a batsman patting down with the tip of his bat, either loose areas of pitch or pieces of the playing surface that have come apart.

The act of the batsman repairing indentations in the pitch, made by the ball or studs, with his bat. More likely to happen when a ball has just whistled past his nose or scooted by his ankle

A batsman prodding down loose areas of the pitch with the end of his bat. In Glenn McGrath's case, it means planting seeds of doubt in the batsman's mind before uprooting his wicket.

The art of occupation of laying out and cultivating gardens; horticulture.

the cultivation of plants

Gardening is the art of growing plants with the goal of crafting a purposeful landscape. Residential gardening most often takes place in or about a residence, in a space referred to as the garden. Although a garden typically is located on the land near a residence, it may also be located in a roof, in an atrium, on a balcony, in a windowbox, or on a patio or vivarium.

is the activity of growing and maintaining the garden. This work is done by an amateur or professional gardener. A gardener might also work in a non-garden setting, such as a park, a roadside embankment, or other public space.

In cryptanalysis, gardening was a term used at Bletchley Park during World War II for schemes to entice the Germans to include known plaintext, which they called cribs, in their encrypted messages. It is claimed to have been most effective against messages produced by the German Navy's Enigma machines.

The overturning, reworking, and changing of the lunar surface due to such processes as meteoroid impact, volcanic action, aging and such.

The act of cleaning vegetation from a route to aid progress

Planting and weeding vegetable and flower gardens is good exercise. Green gardeners use organic methods to control pests, instead of pesticides, and use composted material instead of commercial fertilizers.

Cleaning a potential route in such an aggressive manner that it verges on chipping.

A gardening service from Madeley Parish Council. View page

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