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park.

An area of land set aside for environment preservation or recreation.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/pɑɹk/[pʰɑɹk]US[pɑɹk]Philippines/pɑːk/UK
  1. An area of land set aside for environment preservation or recreation. A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, such as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like.

    She went to the park for a jog with him.
  2. An area of land set aside for environment preservation or recreation. A piece of ground in or near a city or town, enclosed and kept for ornament and recreation.

    Hyde Park in London; Central Park in New York
  3. An area of land set aside for environment preservation or recreation. An enclosed parcel of land stocked with animals for hunting, which one may have by prescription or royal grant.

  4. A wide, flat-bottomed valley in a mountainous region.

    US
  5. An area used for specific purposes. An open space occupied by or reserved for vehicles, matériel or stores.

    a wagon park; an artillery park
  6. An area used for specific purposes. A partially enclosed basin in which oysters are grown.

  7. An area used for specific purposes. An area zoned for a particular (industrial or commercial) purpose.

    business park; industrial park; science park
  8. An area used for specific purposes. An area on which a sporting match is played; (soccer) a pitch.

  9. An inventory of matériel.

    UK
    A country's tank park or artillery park.
  10. A space in which to leave a car; a parking space.

    Australia · New-Zealand · colloquial
  11. The gear into which one shifts an automatic transmission when one is parking a car or truck. (Denoted with symbol P on a shifter's labeling.)

    If a car seems to be refusing to let you shift out of park, recall that many cars have a safety interlock which requires that your foot must be pressing on the brake pedal before you can shift out of park.
Where this word comes from

From Middle English park, from Old French parc (“livestock pen”), from Medieval Latin parcus, parricus, from Frankish *parrik (“enclosure, pen, fence”). Cognate with Dutch perk (“enclosure; flowerbed”), Old High German pfarrih, pferrih (“enclosure, pen”), Old English pearroc (“enclosure”) (whence modern English paddock), Old Norse parrak, parak (“enclosure, pen; distress, anxiety”), Icelandic parraka (“to keep pent in under restraint and coercion”). More at parrock, paddock.

verb/pɑɹk/[pʰɑɹk]US[pɑɹk]Philippines/pɑːk/UK
  1. To bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place.

    transitive
    You can park the car in front of the house.
    I parked the drive heads of my hard disk before travelling with my laptop.
  2. To defer (a matter) until a later date.

    figuratively · informal · transitive
    Let's park that until next week's meeting.
  3. To bring together in a park, or compact body.

    transitive
    to park artillery, wagons, automobiles, etc.
  4. To enclose in a park, or as in a park.

    transitive
  5. To hit a home run; to hit the ball out of the park.

    transitive
    He really parked that one.
  6. To engage in romantic or sexual activities inside a nonmoving vehicle that was driven to a suitable spot for that purpose.

    US · intransitive · slang
    They stopped at a romantic overlook, shut off the engine, and parked.
  7. To sit, recline, or put, especially in a manner suggesting an intent to remain for some time.

    informal · reflexive · sometimes · transitive
    He came in and parked himself in our living room.
    Park your bags in the hall.
  8. To invest money temporarily in an investment instrument considered to relatively free of risk, especially while awaiting other opportunities.

    transitive
    We decided to park our money in a safe, stable, low-yield bond fund until market conditions improve.
  9. To register a domain name, but make no use of it (See domain parking)

    Internet
  10. To enclose in a park, or partially enclosed basin.

    transitive
  11. To promenade or drive in a park.

    dated · intransitive
  12. To display style or gait on a park drive.

    dated · intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English park, from Old French parc (“livestock pen”), from Medieval Latin parcus, parricus, from Frankish *parrik (“enclosure, pen, fence”). Cognate with Dutch perk (“enclosure; flowerbed”), Old High German pfarrih, pferrih (“enclosure, pen”), Old English pearroc (“enclosure”) (whence modern English paddock), Old Norse parrak, parak (“enclosure, pen; distress, anxiety”), Icelandic parraka (“to keep pent in under restraint and coercion”). More at parrock, paddock.

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