park
UK /pɑːk/ · US [pʰɑɹk] noun, verb, proper noun
- noun 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.”
- noun 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”
- noun An enclosed parcel of land stocked with animals for hunting, which one may have by prescription or royal grant.
- noun (US) A wide, flat-bottomed valley in a mountainous region.
- noun An open space occupied by or reserved for vehicles, matériel or stores. “a wagon park; an artillery park”
- noun A partially enclosed basin in which oysters are grown.
- noun An area zoned for a particular (industrial or commercial) purpose. “business park; industrial park; science park”
- noun An area on which a sporting match is played; (soccer) a pitch.
- verb (transitive) To bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place. “You can park the car in front of the house.”
- verb (transitive, informal, figurative) To defer (a matter) until a later date. “Let's park that until next week's meeting.”
- verb (transitive) To bring together in a park, or compact body. “to park artillery, wagons, automobiles, etc.”
- verb (transitive) To enclose in a park, or as in a park.
- verb (transitive, baseball) To hit a home run; to hit the ball out of the park. “He really parked that one.”
- verb (intransitive, slang, US) To engage in romantic or sexual activities inside a nonmoving vehicle that was driven to a suitable spot for that purpose. “They stopped at a romantic overlook, shut off the engine, and parked.”
- verb (transitive, informal, sometimes reflexive) To sit, recline, or put, especially in a manner suggesting an intent to remain for some time. “He came in and parked himself in our living room.”
- verb (transitive, finance) 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.”
- proper noun An English surname.
- proper noun A river in central Connecticut.
- proper noun A village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref C 5802).
- proper noun A large area of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland.
Synonyms
courtyard garden plaza Hog parkland commons common green ballpark Mungo Park parking lot car park parking area
Antonyms
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.
From park.
From Korean 박(朴) (Bak), under influence from Park and originally spelled and read from the perspective of the pronunciation of non-rhotic (e.g. British) English speakers.
Webster’s 1913
- noun A piece of ground inclosed, and stored with beasts of the chase, which a man may have by prescription, or the king's grant.
- noun A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like. Chaucer.
- verb To inclose in a park, or as in a park.
- verb To bring together in a park, or compact body; as, to park the artillery, the wagons, etc.
Etymology [AS. pearroc, or perh. rather fr. F. parc; both being of the same origin; cf. LL. parcus, parricus, Ir. & Gael. pairc, W. park, parwg. Cf. Paddock an inclosure, Parrock.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “park”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details