park

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Middle English park, blend of Middle English parrok, parroke "enclosed space" (from Old English pearroc "enclosure") and Old French parc, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *parruk (fence; enclosed tract of land). Akin to Old English pearruc, pearroc "enclosure, enclosed land; fence" (English paddock), Old High German pfarrih "fencing about, enclosure" (German Pferch "enclosure for sheep, sheepfold"), Middle Low German perk "park", Dutch park. More at paddock

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Singular
park

Plural
parks

park (plural parks)

  1. 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.
  2. A piece of ground, in or near a city or town, enclosed and kept for ornament and recreation; as, Hyde Park in London; Central Park in New York.
  3. A space occupied by the animals, wagons, pontoons, and materials of all kinds, as ammunition, ordnance stores, hospital stores, provisions, etc., when brought together; also, the objects themselves; as, a park of wagons, a park of artillery; by extension, an inventory of such materiél, such as a country's tank park or artillery park (rare in US).
  4. A partially inclosed basin in which oysters are grown.
  5. An enclosed parcel of land stocked with animals for hunting, which one may have by prescription or royal grant.
  6. (US) A grassy basin surrounded by mountains.

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  • (a piece of ground in or near a city): 1994: “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…” –The Blue Star, Robert Ferro

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  • “Park” in James F. Dunnigan and Albert Nofi (1992), Dirty Little Secrets: Military Information You're Not Supposed to Know, Harper, ISBN 978-0688112707, p 28.

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Infinitive
to park

Third person singular
parks

Simple past
parked

Past participle
parked

Present participle
parking

to park (third-person singular simple present parks, present participle parking, simple past and past participle parked)

  1. (transitive) To bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place.
  2. (transitive) To bring together in a park, or compact body.
  3. (transitive) To enclose in a park, or as in a park.
  4. (transitive, baseball) To hit a home run, to hit the ball out of the park.
    He really parked that one.
  5. (intransitive, slang) To engage in romantic or sexual activities inside a nonmoving vehicle.
    They stopped at a romantic overlook, shut off the engine, and parked.
  6. (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.
    Park your bags in the hall.
  7. (transitive, finance) To invest money temporarily in an investment instrument considered to relatively free of risk, specially while awaiting other opportunities.
    We decided to park our money in a safe, stable, low-yield bond fund until market conditions improve.

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park m.

  1. field

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From French parc.

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  • IPA: /paːrk/, [pʰɑːɡ̊]

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park c. (singular definite parken, plural indefinite parker)

  1. park

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  • IPA: /ˈpɒrk/

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park (plural parkok)

  1. park

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park m.

  1. park (e.g., a ground for recreation in a city or town)

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Singular Plural
Nominative park parki
Genitive parku parków
Dative parkowi parkom
Accusative park parki
Instrumental parkiem parkami
Locative parku parkach
Vocative parku parki

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pȁrk m. (Cyrillic spelling па̏рк)

  1. park

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park (pl. parker, def sing parken, def pl parkerna)

  1. park (in a city)