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park en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • [pɑɹk] (Philippines)
  • [pʰɑː(ʔ)k] (UK)
  • [pʰɒək] (New-York-City)
  • [pʰaːk] (Boston)
  • /pɐk/ Ghana
  • [pʰɑɹk] (US)
  • /pɑɹk/
  • (US) audio
  • /pɑːk/ (UK)
  • pärk
  • [pʰɐːk] (Australia, New-Zealand)

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 parraka (“to keep pent in under restraint and coercion”). More at parrock, paddock.

Meanings

  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.
    • 17th century, Edmund Waller, At Penshurst While in the park I sing, the listening deer / Attend my passion, and forget to fear.
    • 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.
    • If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park, very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward. The slightest effort made the patient cough. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
    • I roamed the streets and parks, as far removed from the idea of art and pretense as I could take myself, discovering there the kind of truth I was supposed to be setting down on paper… 1994, Robert Ferro, The Blue Star:
    • 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. (US) A wide, flat-bottomed valley in a mountainous region.
    • The so-called park is a very broad, open valley,between the Sangre de Cristo range on the east, and the volcanic San Juan and Conejos ranges on the west 1897, The Colliery Engineer, volume 17, page 207:
    • The mountain region thus limited consists of extensive and often level-floored valleys, sometimes many miles broad, and elevated 4,000 to 5,000 feet above the sea, called "parks" in local topography, which are interposed between innumerable rocky mountain ridges .... 1878, The San Francisco Western Lancet. a Journal of Practical Medicine and Surgery, volume 7, number 3:
    • High Park is a depression of 10 or 12 square miles in extent […] at a general elevation of 7,500 feet. Its smooth floor is partly due to volcanic tuff of the western volcanic area, but chielfly to a find lake-bed deposit of yellowish sandstone.... 1895, Whitman Cross, Richard Alexander Fullerton Penrose, Geology and Mining Industries of the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, page 54:
    • ...the ridges flatten and, higher up, before reaching the upper snow-fields of the mountain, broaden out into high plateaus, the beautiful so-called parks or meadows. 1911, Edward W. Harnden, “A Western Mountaineering Summer”, in Appalachia, volume XII, number 3:
    • Several structural basins, so-called "parks" within the crystalline rocks, are underlain by alluvial and terrace deposits, and in some cases, by Tertiary sediments. 1975, Frits Van der Leeden, Lawrence A. Cerrillo, David William Miller, Ground-water pollution problems in the Northwestern United States:
  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
    • Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion." 2013 June 21, Chico Harlan, “Japan pockets the subsidy …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 30:
  8. An area used for specific purposes. ▸ An area on which a sporting match is played; (soccer) a pitch.
    • But because of their dominance in the middle of the park and the sheer volume of chances, Sunderland boss Steve Bruce must have been staggered and sickened in equal measure when the visitors took the lead five minutes after the break. 2010 December 28, Owen Phillips, “Sunderland 0-2 Blackpool”, in BBC:
  9. (UK) An inventory of matériel.
    • A country's tank park or artillery park.
  10. (Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial) A space in which to leave a car; a parking space.
    • Once they′d entered the floors of parking spaces, James found a park relatively easily, but Mark had difficulty, and only a swift sprint allowed him to catch up as James walked through the throngs of people in the casino with the determination of a man who didn′t want to be delayed. 2010, Sandy Curtis, Dangerous Deception, Australia: Clan Destine Press, unnumbered page:
    • 2003, “Johnny”, "Melbourne Blackout", in Sleazegrinder (editor), Gigs from Hell: True Stories from Rock and Roll′s Frontline, page 174, We got to the 9ᵗʰ Ward and as luck would have it I found a park for my bro′s car right out the front.
    • We finally found a park and walked a few blocks to the building. 2011, Antonia Magee, The Property Diaries: A Story of Buying a House, Finding a Man and Making a Home … All on a Single Income!, John Wiley & Sons Australia, unnumbered page:
  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.

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Antonyms

street (antonym(s) of “a piece of ground in or near a city”) · building (antonym(s) of “a piece of ground in or near a city”) · skyscraper (antonym(s) of “a piece of ground in or near a city”)

Coordinates

camp · camp · camp · encampment · encampment · campground · campground · campground · encampment

Deriveds (first 500 of 508)

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including "Park") · Horsley Park (Place names including "Park") · Ravenscourt Park (Place names including "Park") · Schiller Park (Place names including "Park") · Daw Park (Place names including "Park") · Franklin Park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Salisbury Park (Place names including "Park") · Kurralta Park (Place names including "Park") · Newbury Park (Place names including "Park") · Pleasant Park (Place names including "Park") · Oldfield Park (Place names including "Park") · Bluewater Park (Place names including "Park") · Thornhill Park (Place names including "Park") · Saughall and Shotwick Park (Place names including "Park") · Suffolk Park (Place names including "Park") · Invermay Park (Place names including "Park") · Holland Park West (Place names including "Park") · parkward (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Forbes Park (Place names including "Park") · Glenmore Park (Place names including "Park") · micropark (Terms derived from park (noun)) · airpark (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Acton Park (Place names including "Park") · parkie (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Canons Park (Place names including "Park") · Carpenders Park (Place names including "Park") · parklike (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Rego Park (Place names including "Park") · Park Hall (Place names including "Park") · Somerton Park (Place names including "Park") · walk in the park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · knock one out of the park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Westbourne Park (Place names including "Park") · Albion Park (Place names including "Park") · Sefton Park (Place names including "Park") · Eschol Park (Place names including "Park") · Oran Park (Place names including "Park") · St Johns Park (Place names including "Park") · Kempton Park (Place names including "Park") · retail park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Shailer Park (Place names including "Park") · Middle Park (Place names including "Park") · Mannering Park (Place names including "Park") · Brighton Park (Place names including "Park") · Louth Park (Place names including "Park") · Williston Park (Place names including "Park") · ball park estimate (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Spencer Park (Place names including "Park") · Park Grove (Place names including "Park") · West Bayan Park (Place names including "Park") · Elizabeth Park (Place names including "Park") · St Helens Park (Place names including "Park") · Humboldt Park (Place names including "Park") · French Park (Place names including "Park") · Aberfoyle Park (Place names including "Park") · Tranmere Park (Place names including "Park") · Mosman Park (Place names including "Park") · Corbould Park (Place names including "Park") · Shotwick Park (Place names including "Park") · Canoga Park (Place names including "Park") · Calder Park (Place names including "Park") · Park Royal (Place names including "Park") · Florham Park (Place names including "Park") · Oakland Park (Place names including "Park") · Stud Park (Place names including "Park") · Dean Park (Place names including "Park") · Bligh Park (Place names including "Park") · Bardwell Park (Place names including "Park") · parkful (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Berry Park (Place names including "Park") · Lincoln Park (Place names including "Park") · Bushy Park (Place names including "Park") · amusement park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · parallel park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Carole Park (Place names including "Park") · Park County (Place names including "Park") · Heyford Park (Place names including "Park") · traffic park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Doxford Park (Place names including "Park") · drift park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Kingston Park (Place names including "Park") · Buckland Park (Place names including "Park") · Moresby Parks (Place names including "Park") · game park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Mystic Park (Place names including "Park") · linear park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Sundridge Park (Place names including "Park") · Beulah Park (Place names including "Park") · Gowrie Park (Place names including "Park") · Mowbray Park (Place names including "Park") · Parklands (Place names including "Park") · Oak Park (Place names including "Park") · parkrunner (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Melrose Park (Place names including "Park") · Bush Hill Park (Place names including "Park") · technopark (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Morisset Park (Place names including "Park") · Berkshire Park (Place names including "Park") · Waterton Park (Place names including "Park") · skate park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Parkside (Place names including "Park") · Queen's Park (Place names including "Park") · Torrens Park (Place names including "Park") · Ridgefield Park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Clovelly Park (Place names including "Park") · Richings Park (Place names including "Park") · stroll in the park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · business park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Meyrick Park (Place names including "Park") · Mill Park (Place names including "Park") · Albany Park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Innes Park (Place names including "Park") · parklife (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Upton Park (Place names including "Park") · Trott Park (Place names including "Park") · Worcester Park (Place names including "Park") · Parkend (Place names including "Park") · Ridgefield Park (Place names including "Park") · Shenton Park (Place names including "Park") · park-keeper (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Oxley Park (Place names including "Park") · Highams Park (Place names including "Park") · Richton Park (Place names including "Park") · Blackalls Park (Place names including "Park") · parkland (Terms derived from park (noun)) · hit it out of the park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Rankin Park (Place names including "Park") · Harris Park (Place names including "Park") · aerial park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Boconnoc Park (Place names including "Park") · wildlife park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Clarence Park (Place names including "Park") · Grange Park (Place names including "Park") · Parkdale (Place names including "Park") · Lethbridge Park (Place names including "Park") · riverpark (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Dutton Park (Place names including "Park") · parkside (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Unley Park (Place names including "Park") · Trafford Park (Place names including "Park") · Motspur Park (Place names including "Park") · Hanover Park (Place names including "Park") · Regency Park (Place names including "Park") · Mena Park (Place names including "Park") · skatepark (Terms derived from park (noun)) · ball-park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · park ranger (Terms derived from park (noun)) · cyberpark (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Frazer Park (Place names including "Park") · Grace Park West (Place names including "Park") · Parkville (Place names including "Park") · memorial park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Brunswick Park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Noble Park North (Place names including "Park") · Menangle Park (Place names including "Park") · Wonga Park (Place names including "Park") · Codnor Park (Place names including "Park") · Park Ridge South (Place names including "Park") · country park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · East Victoria Park (Place names including "Park") · minipark (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Alma Park (Place names including "Park") · Hyannis Park (Place names including "Park") · Norman Park (Place names including "Park") · Erskine Park (Place names including "Park") · Mansfield Park (Place names including "Park") · car park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Land Park (Place names including "Park") · College Park (Place names including "Park") · Proper nouns · Macquarie Park (Place names including "Park") · zoopark (Terms derived from park (noun)) · mobile home park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · dog park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Davoren Park (Place names including "Park") · parkgoing (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Osborne Park (Place names including "Park") · Bowan Park (Place names including "Park") · Arndell Park (Place names including "Park") · ball park estimation (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Seacliff Park (Place names including "Park") · Heaton Park (Place names including "Park") · MacArthur Park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Hampton Park (Place names including "Park") · Vale Park (Place names including "Park") · Bossley Park (Place names including "Park") · Campbell Park (Place names including "Park") · pocket park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · caravan park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Cameron Park (Place names including "Park") · Adelaide Park (Place names including "Park") · terrain park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Trinity Park (Place names including "Park") · parkish (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Cumberland Park (Place names including "Park") · Massapequa Park (Place names including "Park") · Hyde Park (Place names including "Park") · Finsbury Park (Place names including "Park") · Clifton Park (Place names including "Park") · bark park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Parkfield (Place names including "Park") · Gidea Park (Place names including "Park") · South Park (Place names including "Park") · play park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Brookmans Park (Place names including "Park") · Glen Park (Place names including "Park") · zoological park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Park Bridge (Place names including "Park") · Evanston Park (Place names including "Park") · Yarrawonga Park (Place names including "Park") · Oaklands Park (Place names including "Park") · Stanwell Park (Place names including "Park") · King's Park (Place names including "Park") · nonpark (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Regent's Park (Place names including "Park") · Myall Park (Place names including "Park") · holiday park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Winter Park (Place names including "Park") · trailer park trash (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Parknook (Place names including "Park") · inside-the-park homer (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Hampden Park (Place names including "Park") · Lake Park (Place names including "Park") · Park Lane (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Wattle Park (Place names including "Park") · Centennial Park (Place names including "Park") · dispark (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Ferryden Park (Place names including "Park") · Englorie Park (Place names including "Park") · Chirnside Park (Place names including "Park") · Eden Park (Place names including "Park") · Wembley Park (Place names including "Park") · Gordon Park (Place names including "Park") · ballpark (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Munds Park (Place names including "Park") · Beaumont Park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Woodville Park (Place names including "Park") · Aughton Park (Place names including "Park") · Cliffside Park (Place names including "Park") · Woodland Park (Place names including "Park") · Pinellas Park (Place names including "Park") · Risdon Park South (Place names including "Park") · antipark (Terms derived from park (noun)) · parkwards (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Wetherill Park (Place names including "Park") · Stuart Park (Place names including "Park") · Marsden Park (Place names including "Park") · empark (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Oakey Park (Place names including "Park") · Theresa Park (Place names including "Park") · Kings Park (Place names including "Park") · Cobar Park (Place names including "Park") · Tyndall's Park (Place names including "Park") · theme park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · auto park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · park-goer (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Macdonald Park (Place names including "Park") · fun park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Greenfield Park (Place names including "Park") · Conjola Park (Place names including "Park") · Belli Park (Place names including "Park") · Parkhurst (Place names including "Park") · Rosny Park (Place names including "Park") · Bell Park (Place names including "Park") · Mosspark (Place names including "Park") · Bowes Park (Place names including "Park") · Beach Haven Park (Place names including "Park") · Ariah Park (Place names including "Park") · Cecil Park (Place names including "Park") · Parklea (Place names including "Park") · Rose Park (Place names including "Park") · splash park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Plympton Park (Place names including "Park") · trolley park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Noel Park (Place names including "Park") · Kiveton Park (Place names including "Park") · Honor Oak Park (Place names including "Park") · Eltham Park (Place names including "Park") · boat park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · knock it out of the park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Asbury Park (Place names including "Park") · Roselle Park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Lexington Park (Place names including "Park") · Morgan Park (Place names including "Park") · Richton Park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · New Park (Place names including "Park") · Edgewater Park (Place names including "Park") · Severna Park (Place names including "Park") · Woodpark (Place names including "Park") · Fairview Park (Place names including "Park") · Gladstone Park (Place names including "Park") · St Albans Park (Place names including "Park") · Mitchell Park (Place names including "Park") · distribution park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Midland Park (Place names including "Park") · Deer Park (Place names including "Park") · knock one out of the ball park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Park Slope (Place names including "Park") · Park Hill (Place names including "Park") · Elmwood Park (Place names including "Park") · Wellington Park (Place names including "Park") · Croydon Park (Place names including "Park") · Foley Park (Place names including "Park") · knock the ball out of the park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · biopark (Terms derived from park (noun)) · English landscape park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Carnarvon Park (Place names including "Park") · Everton Park (Place names including "Park") · Redwood Park (Place names including "Park") · Devon Park (Place names including "Park") · Oatlands Park (Place names including "Park") · Hurlstone Park (Place names including "Park") · water park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Niagara Park (Place names including "Park") · wind park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Hermit Park (Place names including "Park") · Park Avenue (Place names including "Park") · McKellars Park (Place names including "Park") · parker (Terms derived from park (noun)) · parky (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Heritage Park (Place names including "Park") · Corman Park (Place names including "Park") · Selly Park (Place names including "Park") · Manor Park (Place names including "Park") · Hazelwood Park (Place names including "Park") · Royal Park (Place names including "Park") · Sheffield Park (Place names including "Park") · Derwent Park (Place names including "Park") · Mona Park (Place names including "Park") · Waterford Park (Place names including "Park") · Mount Warren Park (Place names including "Park") · Roselle Park (Place names including "Park") · Boorabee Park (Place names including "Park") · Rye Park (Place names including "Park") · Nouns · Windermere Park (Place names including "Park") · parkly (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Belimbla Park (Place names including "Park") · New Parks (Place names including "Park") · Emu Park (Place names including "Park") · ball park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · parkless (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Albert Park (Place names including "Park") · Holland Park (Place names including "Park") · Brooklyn Park (Place names including "Park") · Glenfield Park (Place names including "Park") · paper park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Myrtle Park (Place names including "Park") · safari park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Highland Park (Place names including "Park") · Moor Park (Place names including "Park") · Everard Park (Place names including "Park") · Royston Park (Place names including "Park") · Risdon Park (Place names including "Park") · parkkeeper (Terms derived from park (noun)) · hit out of the park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Carss Park (Place names including "Park") · Albion Park Rail (Place names including "Park") · Rosslyn Park (Place names including "Park") · Central Park (Place names including "Park") · parkitecture (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Cambridge Park (Place names including "Park") · agropark (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Turvey Park (Place names including "Park") · Camden Park (Place names including "Park") · playpark (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Horningsea Park (Place names including "Park") · Athol Park (Place names including "Park") · Kunda Park (Place names including "Park") · Elm Park (Place names including "Park") · Northwick Park (Place names including "Park") · Queens Park (Place names including "Park") · Moore Park (Place names including "Park") · Bronte Park (Place names including "Park") · Park Lane (Place names including "Park") · Park Holme (Place names including "Park") · provincial park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Tamala Park (Place names including "Park") · Siesta Park (Place names including "Park") · Angle Park (Place names including "Park") · Raynes Park (Place names including "Park") · pickle park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Ascot Park (Place names including "Park") · Sinnamon Park (Place names including "Park") · Witton Park (Place names including "Park") · Clemton Park (Place names including "Park") · Victoria Park (Place names including "Park") · St Anne's Park (Place names including "Park") · Albany Park (Place names including "Park") · snow park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Conisbrough Parks (Place names including "Park") · ball-park estimation (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Bray Park (Place names including "Park") · Coley Park (Place names including "Park") · Mesilla Park (Place names including "Park") · Avon Park (Place names including "Park") · Park Street (Place names including "Park") · parkade (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Orchard Park (Place names including "Park") · park connector (Terms derived from park (noun)) · energy park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · national park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Noble Park (Place names including "Park") · parkleaves (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Tufnell Park (Place names including "Park") · impark (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Green Park (Place names including "Park") · Renown Park (Place names including "Park") · Parkwood (Place names including "Park") · Emerson Park (Place names including "Park") · parkomania (Terms derived from park (noun)) · state park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Shorewell Park (Place names including "Park") · Sydney Olympic Park (Place names including "Park") · Shanes Park (Place names including "Park") · park strip (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Orland Park (Place names including "Park") · midpark (Terms derived from park (noun)) · parkwide (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Coomba Park (Place names including "Park") · Cottenham Park (Place names including "Park") · ball-park estimate (Terms derived from park (noun)) · needle park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Park Orchards (Place names including "Park") · Dudley Park (Place names including "Park") · Litchfield Park (Place names including "Park") · Park End (Place names including "Park") · Sunset Park (Place names including "Park") · Carey Park (Place names including "Park") · Oakleigh Park (Place names including "Park") · Collingwood Park (Place names including "Park") · Parklife (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Barunah Park (Place names including "Park") · Palisades Park (Place names including "Park") · Greenwich Park (Place names including "Park") · Wiley Park (Place names including "Park") · Philips Park (Place names including "Park") · Hoxton Park (Place names including "Park") · Bedford Park (Place names including "Park") · High Park (Place names including "Park") · parkomane (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Thorpe Park (Place names including "Park") · Hyland Park (Place names including "Park") · parkgoer (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Edmondson Park (Place names including "Park") · Hopetoun Park (Place names including "Park") · Beverley Park (Place names including "Park") · Park Area (Place names including "Park") · parkette (Terms derived from park (noun)) · National Park (Place names including "Park") · Wendoree Park (Place names including "Park") · aeropark (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Park Ridge (Place names including "Park") · Brenda Park (Place names including "Park") · Hensley Park (Place names including "Park") · Orange Park (Place names including "Park") · Gelston Park (Place names including "Park") · Linden Park (Place names including "Park") · hit one out of the ball park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Moore Park Beach (Place names including "Park") · ball park figure (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Hammond Park (Place names including "Park") · Preston Park (Place names including "Park") · Harrington Park (Place names including "Park") · Ninian Park (Place names including "Park") · Hazel Park (Place names including "Park") · Orton Park (Place names including "Park") · Globe Derby Park (Place names including "Park") · Grace Park East (Place names including "Park") · science park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Northumberland Park (Place names including "Park") · industrial park (Terms derived from park (noun)) · Douglas Park (Place names including "Park") · Westwood Park (Place names including "Park") · Condell Park (Place names including "Park") · Bellbird Park (Place names including "Park") · Midway Park (Place names including "Park") · Kidman Park (Place names including "Park") · Roxburgh Park (Place names including "Park")

Descendants

拋車 · პარკი · 抛车 · páirc · パーク · pàirc · 拋車 · ޕާކު · parc · 抛车

Synonyms

plaza (a piece of ground in or near a city) · courtyard (a piece of ground in or near a city) · garden (a piece of ground in or near a city)

Translations (168)

sh pȁrk (ground for recreation) · se párka (ground for recreation) · hi क्रीड़ास्थल (ground for recreation) · mi pāka (ground for preservation of game, etc.) · ota فردوس (ground for recreation) · fi puisto (ground for recreation) · km ឧទ្យាន (ground for recreation) · kk саябақ (ground for recreation) · be парк (ground for recreation) · tr park (ground for recreation) · mi papa rēhia (ground for recreation) · ug باغچا (ground for recreation) · ota جنت (ground for recreation) · sw mbuga (basin where oysters are grown) · bg резерва́т (an enclosed parcel of land stocked with animals for hunting) · my ပန်းခြံ (ground for recreation) · ky парк (ground for recreation) · vi công viên (ground for recreation) · mn цэцэрлэг (ground for recreation) · bn পার্ক (ground for recreation) · th สวน (ground for recreation) · gl parque (ground for preservation of game, etc.) · sq park (ground for recreation) · az park (ground for recreation) · hi क्रीड़ावन (ground for recreation) · la viridarium (an enclosed parcel of land stocked with animals for hunting) · af park (ground for recreation) · tet parke (ground for recreation) · km ឧទ្យាន (an enclosed parcel of land stocked with animals for hunting) · hu park (ground for recreation) · kn ಉದ್ಯಾನವನ (ground for recreation) · ca vedat (an enclosed parcel of land stocked with animals for hunting) · io parko (ground for recreation) · mww vaj tsiaj (an enclosed parcel of land stocked with animals for hunting) · fa-ira پارْک (ground for recreation) · tg парк (ground for recreation) · sw mbuga (ground for preservation of game, etc.) · ti መናፈሻ (ground for recreation) · ja 公園 (ground for recreation) · grc παράδεισος (ground for recreation) · ia hortus (ground for recreation) · te ఉపవనము (ground for recreation) · or ପାର୍କ (ground for recreation) · ar حَدِيقَة (ground for recreation) · ca parc natural (ground for preservation of game, etc.) · ar مُتَنَزَّه (ground for recreation) · ko 경기장 (ground for preservation of game, etc.) · mi pāka (ground for recreation) · ru парк (ground for recreation) · ar مُنْتَزَه (ground for recreation) · fr parc (ground for recreation) · fi luonnonpuisto (ground for preservation of game, etc.) · nb park (ground for recreation) · is skrúðgarður (ground for recreation) · fr jardin public (ground for recreation) · te ఉద్యానవనము (ground for recreation) · ca parc (ground for preservation of game, etc.) · eu parke (ground for recreation) · kl naatsiiviliarsuaq (ground for recreation) · pt parque (ground for preservation of game, etc.) · ur پارْک (ground for recreation) · gd pàirc (ground for recreation) · de Park (ground for recreation) · acw حَدِيقَة (ground for recreation) · mt park (ground for recreation) · sw mbuga (an enclosed parcel of land stocked with animals for hunting) · la parcum (ground for recreation) · uk парк (ground for recreation) · km ឧទ្យាន (ground for preservation of game, etc.) · el πάρκο (ground for recreation) · ps پارک (ground for recreation) · lo ສວນ (ground for recreation) · uz park (ground for recreation) · acw حَديقة (ground for preservation of game, etc.) · am መናፈሻ (ground for recreation) · ru парк (ground for preservation of game, etc.) · cs park (ground for recreation) · lt parkas (ground for recreation) · fi kansallispuisto (ground for preservation of game, etc.) · fo viðarlund (ground for recreation) · cy parc (ground for recreation) · eu parke (ground for preservation of game, etc.) · ca parc (ground for recreation) · ms taman (ground for preservation of game, etc.) · hi उद्यान (ground for recreation) · sh па̏рк (ground for recreation) · tk park (ground for recreation) · lt sodynas (ground for recreation) · vo legad (ground for recreation) · sk park (ground for recreation) · es parque (ground for preservation of game, etc.) · tet parke (ground for preservation of game, etc.) · bo བཞུགས་གླིང (ground for recreation) · rm parc (ground for recreation) · oc pargue (ground for recreation) · bo གླིང་ག (ground for recreation) · he פַּרְק (ground for recreation) · hi वाटिका (ground for recreation) · lv parks (ground for recreation) · th อุทยาน (ground for recreation) · id taman (ground for preservation of game, etc.) · ajp حَدِيقَة (ground for recreation) · ug باغ (ground for recreation) · ta பூங்கா (ground for recreation) · is garður (ground for recreation) · ca parc (space occupied by animals, wagons, etc.) · ko 공원 (ground for recreation) · sv park (ground for preservation of game, etc.) · da park (ground for recreation) · sa उद्यान (ground for preservation of game, etc.) · mn парк (ground for recreation) · bg парк (ground for recreation) · ug پارك (ground for recreation) · tl parke (ground for recreation) · ka პარკი (ground for recreation) · la vivarium (ground for preservation of game, etc.) · yue 公園 /公园 (ground for recreation) · sw mbuga (ground for recreation) · ja 競技場 (ground for preservation of game, etc.) · mww vaj tsiaj (ground for preservation of game, etc.) · dng гунйүан (ground for recreation) · tl parke (ground for preservation of game, etc.) · af wildtuin (ground for preservation of game, etc.) · lo ສວນສາທາ (ground for recreation) · gl parque (ground for recreation) · ms taman (ground for recreation) · tl liwasan (ground for preservation of game, etc.) · fa-ira پارْک (ground for preservation of game, etc.) · wuu 公園 /公园 (ground for recreation) · nan-hbl 公園 /公园 (ground for recreation) · th สวนสาธารณะ (ground for recreation) · et park (ground for recreation) · kmr park (ground for recreation) · ro parc (ground for recreation) · is lystigarður (ground for recreation) · es coto (an enclosed parcel of land stocked with animals for hunting) · mk парк (ground for recreation) · tt парк (ground for recreation) · nl park (ground for recreation) · pl park (ground for recreation) · sa उद्यान (ground for recreation) · tl liwasan (ground for recreation) · myv чувтума (ground for recreation) · pt parque (ground for recreation) · et puiestik (ground for recreation) · ovd park (ground for recreation) · sv park (ground for recreation) · eo parko (ground for recreation) · si උද්යානය (ground for recreation) · ga páirc (ground for recreation) · es parque (ground for recreation) · id taman (ground for recreation) · yi פּאַרק (ground for recreation) · sl park (ground for recreation) · fi viheralue (ground for recreation) · it parco (ground for recreation) · bg парк (ground for preservation of game, etc.) · ota باغچه (ground for recreation) · lb Park (ground for recreation) · hy այգի (ground for recreation) · nn park (ground for recreation) · la hortī (ground for recreation) · kl parki (ground for recreation) · ota باغ (ground for recreation) · ur باغ (ground for recreation) · ar حَدِيقَة (ground for preservation of game, etc.) · dsb park (ground for recreation) · cmn 公園 /公园 (ground for recreation)

wikidata: Q22698 · wikidata: Q22698 · wikidata: Q22698 · wikidata: Q135447198

park en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • [pɑɹk] (Philippines)
  • [pʰɑː(ʔ)k] (UK)
  • [pʰɒək] (New-York-City)
  • [pʰaːk] (Boston)
  • /pɐk/ Ghana
  • [pʰɑɹk] (US)
  • /pɑɹk/
  • (US) audio
  • /pɑːk/ (UK)
  • pärk
  • [pʰɐːk] (Australia, New-Zealand)

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 parraka (“to keep pent in under restraint and coercion”). More at parrock, paddock.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place.
    • Parking is by app, which (when it works) is good. But £7.70 to park is extortionate, so GTR needs to look at reducing that. 2025 October 15, 'Mystery Shopper', “About Anglia... and high scores”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 53:
    • 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. (figuratively, informal, transitive) To defer (a matter) until a later date.
    • Let's park that until next week's meeting.
    • The Harry Potter spin-off prequel series Fantastic Beasts has been “parked” by Warner Bros, according to its director David Yates. 2023 October 27, “Fantastic Beasts: JK Rowling franchise has been ‘parked’, director says”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
  3. (transitive) To bring together in a park, or compact body.
    • to park artillery, wagons, automobiles, etc.
  4. (transitive) To enclose in a park, or as in a park.
    • O, negligent and heedless discipline! How are we park'd and bounded in a pale, A little herd of England's timorous deer, Mazed with a yelping kennel of French curs! 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
  5. (transitive) To hit a home run; to hit the ball out of the park.
    • He really parked that one.
  6. (US, intransitive, slang) To engage in romantic or sexual activities inside a nonmoving vehicle that was driven to a suitable spot for that purpose.
    • "What did you do after that?" he asked. - "Went parking over at Silver Lake," replied Betty without hesitation. "Why?" - "I just wondered. Have fun?" "As a matter of fact, I did. Marty's a swell dancer." "That's not what I meant." "What did you mean?" - "I mean after. Parking." - "Yes I did […]" 1956, Grace Metalious, Peyton Place, page 199:
    • The Phyllis and me go "parking." This is a very American thing to me, this "parking,” but Phyllis says that this is what couples in this country do when they are dating. We can't go to her house because her parents are there which is okay with me. / We are parking on a quiet street and we get in the backseat of my car. We begin to kiss and I start to feel her body. 1996, Joseph Tropiano, Stanley Tucci, Big Night: A Novel with Recipes, page 37:
    • A. Well, I had heard that it was used for parking place, but I never went parking there. Q. Excuse me? A. I had heard that it had been used for a parking place, but I had never gone parking there. Q. When you say “Parking place,” what do you mean? A. With a guy and a girl. 1968, “People vs. Hawkins”, in Records & Briefs New York State Appellate Division, page 861:
    • Tim and I never went parking when we were dating, but now that we've been married, it's been a fun date once in a while. (OK, we never actually leave the driveway, but the car was still parked.) 2001, Tamyra Horst, Ratty Bathrobes, Cranky Kids, and Other Romantic Moments, page 47:
    • They stopped at a romantic overlook, shut off the engine, and parked.
    • They had gone to see the Robert De Niro/Liza Minnelli flick, New York, New York, before driving back to Bensonhurst and parking on a quiet street. As they kissed, Berkowitz opened fire 2008, Tim McLoughlin, Thomas Adcock, Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth:
    • They were parking out near the hills. It's a popular spot for submarine races. They went for a little moonlit stroll. I'm sure they had nightmares after what they saw. Mary Alice was hanging from a tree by her bare feet. Naked. 2001, James Patterson, Violets Are Blue:
  7. (informal, reflexive, sometimes, transitive) To sit, recline, or put, especially in a manner suggesting an intent to remain for some time.
    • [S]o I rode home on my brand new tricycle to find the rest of the family parked in front of the box. 1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 87:
    • He came in and parked himself in our living room.
    • "Entertain M. Paul while I go and get my shoes. I parked 'em under a rosebush." 1930, Sax Rohmer, The Day the World Ended, published 1969, page vii. 59:
    • Park your bags in the hall.
  8. (transitive) To invest money temporarily in an investment instrument considered to relatively free of risk, especially while awaiting other opportunities.
    • We decided to park our money in a safe, stable, low-yield bond fund until market conditions improve.
  9. (Internet) To register a domain name, but make no use of it (See domain parking)
  10. (qualifier:oyster culture, transitive) To enclose in a park, or partially enclosed basin.
  11. (dated, intransitive) To promenade or drive in a park.
  12. (dated, intransitive, of horses) To display style or gait on a park drive.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
parked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
parked Tense=Past lexicographic
parking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
parks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Antonyms

unpark

Deriveds

park up · park and ride · double-park · park that thought · park and bark · park the bus · park-and-ride · parkability · self-parking · mispark · overpark · park a tiger · parkable · repark · park in · park the beef bus in tuna town · start and park

Translations (83)

ur گاڑی کھڑی کرنا (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · kk тұраққа қою қою (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · tl pumarada (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · lo ຈອດ (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · fr garer (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · th จอด (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · ja 駐車する (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · id parkir (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · bg паркирам (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · fa قرار دادن (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · ru ста́вить на стоя́нку (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · ar صَفَّ (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · yue(bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · sw kuegesha (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · nl parkeren (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · ar صَفّ (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · es aparcar (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · uk ста́вити на стоя́нку (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · ru паркова́ть (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · ro parca (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · ga páirceáil (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · pl parkować (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · is parkera (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · ca aparcar (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · tr park etmek (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · afb صفط (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · fr stationner (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · bg заграждам (enclose in a park) · is leggja (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · nrf partchi (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · es estacionar (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · ja 停まる (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · gl estacionar (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · vi đậu (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · sh parkirati (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · hu parkíroz (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · cmn(bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · cmn 停車 /停车 (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · acw وَقَّف (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · pt estacionar (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · eu aparkatu (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · hu parkol (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · hy կայանել (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · af parkeer (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · ru ста́вить на парко́вку (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · sw mbuga (enclose in a park) · sv parkera (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · it sostare (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · fa نگه داشتن (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · cs zaparkovat (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · he חָנָה (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · uk паркува́ти (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · gl aparcar (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · de parken (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · uk припаркува́ти (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · sv stanna (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · uk запаркува́ти (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · pl zaparkować (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · vi đỗ (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · my ရပ် (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · no parkere (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · mhn parkiarn (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · fa پارک کردن (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · mzs parcâ (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · cy parcio (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · km ចត (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · ko 주차하다 (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · ga loc (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · fr parquer (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · de parkieren (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · nrf stâtionner (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · pon pei (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · yue(bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · io parkear (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · el παρκάρω (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · fi pysäköidä (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · it parcheggiare (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · sw mbuga (bring together in a park) · lv novietot stāvvietā (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · ar وَقَّفَ (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · ru паркова́ться (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · ca estacionar (bring (a vehicle) to a halt) · es parquear (bring (a vehicle) to a halt)