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park

Pronunciation: /pɑɹk/

The English word “park” has 20 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. 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.
  2. A piece of ground in or near a city or town, enclosed and kept for ornament and recreation.
  3. 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.
  5. An open space occupied by or reserved for vehicles, matériel or stores.
  6. A partially enclosed basin in which oysters are grown.
  7. An area zoned for a particular (industrial or commercial) purpose.
  8. An area on which a sporting match is played; (soccer) a pitch.
  9. An inventory of matériel.
  10. A space in which to leave a car; a parking space.
  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.)

verb

  1. To bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place.
  2. To defer (a matter) until a later date.
  3. To bring together in a park, or compact body.
  4. To enclose in a park, or as in a park.
  5. To hit a home run; to hit the ball out of the park.
  6. To engage in romantic or sexual activities inside a nonmoving vehicle that was driven to a suitable spot for that purpose.
  7. To sit, recline, or put, especially in a manner suggesting an intent to remain for some time.
  8. To invest money temporarily in an investment instrument considered to relatively free of risk, especially while awaiting other opportunities.
  9. To register a domain name, but make no use of it (See domain parking)

Etymology

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…

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