park

Meanings

Noun

• An area of land set aside for environment preservation or recreation.
• A wide, flat-bottomed valley in a mountainous region.
• An area used for specific purposes.
• 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.

Related

Similar words

• courtyard, garden, plaza

Opposite words

• building, skyscraper, street

Origin

• From Middle English park, from Old French parc, from Medieval Latin parcus, parricus, from Frankish *parruk, from Proto-Germanic *parrukaz. Cognate with Dutch perk, Old High German pfarrih, pferrih, Old English pearroc (whence modern English paddock), Old Norse parrak, parak, Icelandic parraka. More at parrock, paddock.