park

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Etymology [edit]

From Middle English park, from Old French parc (livestock pen), from Medieval Latin parcus, parricus, from Frankish *parric (enclosure, pen), from Proto-Germanic *parrukaz (enclosure, fence), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)par- (beam, log). Cognate with Old High German pfarrih, pferrih (enclosure, pen), Old English pearroc (enclosure), Old Norse parrak (enclosure, pen" also "distress, anxiety). More at parrock, paddock.

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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
    Hyde Park in London; Central Park in New York
    • 1994, Robert Ferro ,The Blue Star
      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…
  3. (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) A space occupied by the animals, wagons, pontoons, and materials of all kinds, as ammunition, ordnance stores, hospital stores, provisions, etc., when brought together.
    a park of wagons, a park of artillery
  4. (UK) An inventory of matériel.
    A country's tank park or artillery park
  5. A partially inclosed basin in which oysters are grown.
  6. An enclosed parcel of land stocked with animals for hunting, which one may have by prescription or royal grant.
  7. An area zoned for a particular (industrial or technological) purpose.
    business park; industrial park; science park
  8. (US) A grassy basin surrounded by mountains.
  9. (soccer) A pitch; the area on which a match is played.
    • 2010 December 28, Owen Phillips, “Sunderland 0 - 2 Blackpool”, BBC:
      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.
  10. (Australia, New Zealand) A space in which to leave a car; a parking space.
    • 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.
    • 2010, Sandy Curtis, Dangerous Deception, Clan Destine Press, Australia, unnumbered page,
      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.
    • 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,
      We finally found a park and walked a few blocks to the building.

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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.
    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. (transitive, informal) To defer (a matter) until a later date.
    Let's park that until next week's meeting.
  3. (transitive) To bring together in a park, or compact body.
  4. (transitive) To enclose in a park, or as in a park.
    How are we parked, and bounded in a pale. — Shakespeare.
  5. (transitive, baseball) To hit a home run, to hit the ball out of the park.
    He really parked that one.
  6. (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.
  7. (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.
  8. (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.
  9. (Internet) To register a domain name, but make no use of it (See domain parking)

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(bring to a halt): unpark

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park

  1. field

Danish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From French parc.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /paːrk/, [pʰɑːɡ̊]

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park c (singular definite parken, plural indefinite parker)

  1. park

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Etymology [edit]

From Middle Dutch parc, from Old Dutch park, from Frankish *parric (enclosure, pen), from Proto-Germanic *parrukaz (enclosure, fence), from Proto-Indo-European *spar-, *par- (beam, log).

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park n (plural parken, diminutive parkje)

  1. park

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park

  1. Imperative singular of parken.
  2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of parken.

Hungarian [edit]

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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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Serbo-Croatian [edit]

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pȁrk m (Cyrillic spelling па̏рк)

  1. park

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

  1. park (in a city)

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