park
Meanings
noun
- 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.
- A piece of ground in or near a city or town, enclosed and kept for ornament and recreation.
- An enclosed parcel of land stocked with animals for hunting, which one may have by prescription or royal grant.
- A wide, flat-bottomed valley in a mountainous region.
- An area used for specific purposes.
- An open space occupied by or reserved for vehicles, matériel or stores.
- A partially enclosed basin in which oysters are grown.
- An area zoned for a particular (industrial or commercial) purpose.
- An area on which a sporting match is played; (soccer) a pitch.
- An inventory of matériel.
- A space in which to leave a car; a parking space.
verb
- To bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place.
- To defer (a matter) until a later date.
- To bring together in a park, or compact body.
- To enclose in a park, or as in a park.
- To hit a home run; to hit the ball out of the park.
- To engage in romantic or sexual activities inside a nonmoving vehicle that was driven to a suitable spot for that purpose.
- To sit, recline, or put, especially in a manner suggesting an intent to remain for some time.
- To invest money temporarily in an investment instrument considered to relatively free of risk, especially while awaiting other opportunities.
- To register a domain name, but make no use of it (See domain parking)
- To enclose in a park, or partially enclosed basin.
- To promenade or drive in a park.
- To display style or gait on a park drive.
name
- An English surname.
- A river in central Connecticut.
- A village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref C 5802).
- A large area of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland.
- A community and ward in Merthyr Tydfil borough, Wales.
name
- A surname from Korean. Alternative form of Bak.
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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.
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