"garden path" meaning in English

See garden path in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: garden paths [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} garden path (plural garden paths)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see garden, path.
    Sense id: en-garden_path-en-noun-EPqjalNR
  2. Ellipsis of garden path sentence. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: garden path sentence
    Sense id: en-garden_path-en-noun-OW-aEgRR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 70 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 80 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 67 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 69 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 4 71 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 5 69 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 7 66 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 2 71 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 6 67 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: lead someone down the garden path, lead someone up the garden path Translations (path in a garden): havegang [common-gender] (Danish), havesti [common-gender] (Danish), vialetto [masculine] (Italian), hagegang [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), hagegang [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), садо́ва дорі́жка (sadóva dorížka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'path in a garden': 48 52

Verb

Forms: garden paths [present, singular, third-person], garden pathing [participle, present], garden pathed [participle, past], garden pathed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} garden path (third-person singular simple present garden paths, present participle garden pathing, simple past and past participle garden pathed)
  1. Alternative form of garden-path Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: garden-path
    Sense id: en-garden_path-en-verb-eUW1mOZe

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "path in a garden",
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