Park
[pɑːk] or [pɑrk]
Definition
(noun.) a gear position that acts as a parking brake; 'the put the car in park and got out'.
(noun.) a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property; 'there are laws that protect the wildlife in this park'.
(noun.) a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; 'they went for a walk in the park'.
(noun.) Scottish explorer in Africa (1771-1806).
(verb.) place temporarily; 'park the car in the yard'; 'park the children with the in-laws'; 'park your bag in this locker'.
(verb.) maneuver a vehicle into a parking space; 'Park the car in front of the library'; 'Can you park right here?'.
Typed by Anton--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A piece of ground inclosed, and stored with beasts of the chase, which a man may have by prescription, or the king's grant.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A partially inclosed basin in which oysters are grown.
(v. t.) To inclose in a park, or as in a park.
(v. t.) To bring together in a park, or compact body; as, to park the artillery, the wagons, etc.
Checker: Mae
Definition
n. an enclosed piece of land for a special purpose as for wild beasts: a grass field: a tract of land surrounding a mansion: a piece of ground enclosed for recreation: (mil.) a space in an encampment occupied by the artillery; hence a collection of artillery or stores in an encampment.—v.t. to enclose: to bring together in a body as artillery.—n. Park′er the keeper of a park.
Checked by Eugene
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of walking through a well-kept park, denotes enjoyable leisure. If you walk with your lover, you will be comfortably and happily married. Ill-kept parks, devoid of green grasses and foliage, is ominous of unexpected reverses.
Edited by Abraham
Examples
- For a short while the world outside of Menlo Park held Edison's claims in derision. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I asked first if Sir Percival was at the Park, and receiving a reply in the negative, inquired next when he had left it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- A groom took the cutter to the stables, and Archer struck through the park to the high-road. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- It will be a very fine object from many parts of the park, and the flower-garden will slope down just before it, and be exceedingly pretty. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Mr. Edison himself supplies the following data: During the electric-railway experiments at Menlo Park, we had a short spur of track up one of the steep gullies. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The remains of this extensive wood are still to be seen at the noble seats of Wentworth, of Warncliffe Park, and around Rotherham. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- A friend of mine met them the other afternoon in the Park--quite late, after the lamps were lit. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Everybody knows that when you close the dance halls you fill the parks. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The Commission wasn't afraid of details: didn't it recommend searchlights in the parks as a weapon against vice? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He hung fondly by his godfather's side, and it was his delight to walk in the parks and hear Dobbin talk. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The way wound through enchanted parks to a mighty wall that towered a hundred feet in air. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Lands, for the purposes of pleasure and magnificence, parks, gardens, public walks, etc. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Since those daysI have seen the West End, the parks, the fine squares; but I love the city far better. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Our silence endured for some miles, till the country with open fields, or shady woods and parks, presented pleasant objects to our view. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The prisoners were paroled, the artillery parked and the small arms and ammunition destroyed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The arms, artillery and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officer appointed by me to receive them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The arms, artillery, and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officers appointed by me to receive them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- We parked the cars beyond a brickyard. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Arriving near the army they would be parked in fields nearest to the brigades they belonged to. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Edited by Cathryn