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park

  [pahrk]
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–noun
1. an area of land, usually in a largely natural state, for the enjoyment of the public, having facilities for rest and recreation, often owned, set apart, and managed by a city, state, or nation.
2. an enclosed area or a stadium used for sports: a baseball park.
3. a considerable extent of land forming the grounds of a country house.
4. British. a tract of land reserved for wild animals; game preserve.
5. Western U.S. a broad valley in a mountainous region.
6. a space where vehicles, esp. automobiles, may be assembled or stationed.
7. amusement park.
8. theme park.
9. any area set aside for public recreation.
10. Military.
a. the space occupied by the assembled guns, tanks, or vehicles of a military unit.
b. the assemblage so formed.
c. (formerly) the ammunition trains and reserve artillery of an army.
11. Automotive. a setting in an automatic transmission in which the transmission is in neutral and the brake is engaged.
–verb (used with object)
12. to place or leave (a vehicle) in a certain place for a period of time.
13. Informal. to put, leave, or settle: Park your coat on the chair. Park yourself over there for a moment.
14. to assemble (equipment or supplies) in a military park.
15. to enclose in or as in a park.
16. Informal. to invest (funds) in a stock, bond, etc., considered to be a safe investment with little chance of depreciation, as during a recession or an unstable economic period, or until one finds a more profitable investment.
17. Aerospace. to place (a satellite) in orbit.
–verb (used without object)
18. to park a car, bicycle, etc.
19. Informal. to engage in kissing and caressing in a parked car.
Origin:
1225–75; ME (n.) < OF parc enclosure < LL *parricus < WGmc *parruk (see paddock 1 )

Related forms:
parker, noun
parklike, adjective
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Park

  [pahrk]
–noun
1. Mun⋅go  [muhng-goh] , 1771–1806?, Scottish explorer in Africa.
2. Robert E., 1864–1944, U.S. sociologist.
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park   (pärk)   
n.  
  1. An area of land set aside for public use, as:
    1. A piece of land with few or no buildings within or adjoining a town, maintained for recreational and ornamental purposes.
    2. A landscaped city square.
    3. A large tract of rural land kept in its natural state and usually reserved for the enjoyment and recreation of visitors.
    4. An area where military vehicles or artillery are stored and serviced.
    5. The materiel kept in such an area.
  2. A broad, fairly level valley between mountain ranges: the high parks of the Rocky Mountains.
  3. A tract of land attached to a country house, especially when including extensive gardens, woods, pastures, or a game preserve.
  4. Sports A stadium or an enclosed playing field: a baseball park.
    1. An area where military vehicles or artillery are stored and serviced.
    2. The materiel kept in such an area.
  6. An area in or near a town designed and usually zoned for a certain purpose: a commercial park.
  7. A position in an automatic transmission that disengages the gears and sets the brake so the vehicle cannot move: put the car in park and turned off the engine.
v.   parked, park·ing, parks

v.   tr.
  1. To put or leave (a vehicle) for a time in a certain location.
  2. Aerospace To place (a spacecraft or satellite) in a usually temporary orbit.
  3. Informal To place or leave temporarily: parked the baby with neighbors; parking cash in a local bank account.
  4. To assemble (artillery or other equipment) in a military park.
v.   intr.
  1. To park a motor vehicle: pulled over and parked next to the curb.
  2. Slang To engage in kissing and caressing in a vehicle stopped in a secluded spot.

[Middle English, game preserve, enclosed tract of land, from Old French parc, of Germanic origin.]
park'er n.
Park   (pärk)   
Scottish explorer in Africa known for his expeditions on the Niger River (1795-1796 and 1805).
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Park

Park\, n. Any place where vehicles are assembled according to a definite arrangement; also, the vehicles.

Park

Park\, v. t. 1. To bring together in a park, or compact body; as, to park artillery, wagons, automobiles, etc.

2. In oyster culture, to inclose in a park.

Park

Park\, v. i. To promenade or drive in a park; also, of horses, to display style or gait on a park drive.

Park

Park\, n. [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.]

1. (Eng. Law) A piece of ground inclosed, and stored with beasts of the chase, which a man may have by prescription, or the king's grant. --Mozley & W.

2. 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.

While in the park I sing, the listening deer Attend my passion, and forget to fear. --Waller.

3. A piece of ground, in or near a city or town, inclosed and kept for ornament and recreation; as, Hyde Park in London; Central Park in New York.

4. (Mil.) 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.

5. A partially inclosed basin in which oysters are grown. [Written also parc.]

Park of artillery. See under Artillery.

Park phaeton, a small, low carriage, for use in parks.

Park

Park\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parked; p. pr. & vb. n. Parking.]

1. To inclose in a park, or as in a park.

How are we parked, and bounded in a pale. --Shak.

2. (Mil.) To bring together in a park, or compact body; as, to park the artillery, the wagons, etc.
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Language Translation for : park
Spanish: parque,
German: der Park,
Japanese: 公園
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park  (n.)
c.1260, "enclosed preserve for beasts of the chase," from O.Fr. parc, probably ult. from W.Gmc. *parruk "enclosed tract of land" (cf. O.E. pearruc, root of paddock (2), O.H.G. pfarrih "fencing about, enclosure," Ger. pferch "fold for sheep," Du. park). Internal evidence suggests the W.Gmc. word is pre-4c. and originally meant the fencing, not the place enclosed. Found also in M.L. parricus "enclosure, park" (8c.), which is likely the direct source of the O.Fr. word, as well as It. parco, Sp. parque, etc. Some claim the M.L. word as the source of the W.Gmc., but the reverse seems more likely. OED discounts notion of a Celtic origin. Welsh parc, Gael. pairc are from English. As a surname, Parker "keeper of a park" is attested in Eng. from c.1145. Meaning "enclosed lot in or near a town, for public recreation" is first attested 1663, originally in ref. to London; the sense evolution is via royal parks in the original, hunting sense being overrun by the growth of London and being opened to the public. Applied to sporting fields in Amer.Eng. from 1867. New York's Park Avenue as an adj. meaning "luxurious and fashionable" (1956) was preceded in the same sense by London's Park Lane (1880).

park  (v.)
1812, "to arrange military vehicles in a park," from park (n.) (q.v.) in a limited sense of "enclosure for military vehicles" (attested from 1683). General non-military meaning "to put (a vehicle) in a certain place" is first recorded 1844. Parking lot is from 1924; parking ticket first attested 1947; park-and-ride is from 1966. The transmission gear (n.) is attested from 1963.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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