park
park
/pɑːk/
He parked and went inside.
park + adv./prep. You can't park here.
He's parked very badly.
park something + adv./prep. You can't park the car here.
a badly parked truck
A red van was parked in front of the house.
I am parked (= my vehicle is parked) just outside.
park something My mother parked the car.
a parked car
They saw his vehicle parked in the driveway.
Several police vans were parked outside their home.
All the cars were neatly parked on the street.
Motorists parked illegally are fined £50.
The police car was discreetly parked in the furthest corner of the courtyard.
Collocations
adverb
2 transitive park something + adv./prep. (informal) to leave something in a convenient place until you need it Just park your bags in the hall until your room is ready.
3 transitive park yourself + adv./prep. (informal) to sit or stand in a particular place for a period of time She parked herself on the edge of the bed.
4 transitive park something (business, informal) to decide to leave an idea or issue to be dealt with or considered at a later meeting Let's park that until our next meeting.
Phrasal Verbs
park
/pɑːk/
1 countable an area of public land in a town or a city where people go to walk, play and relax Hyde Park
in the park We went for a walk in the park.
A public park will be built around the complex.
a park bench
the park entrance/gates
They go to the park most Sunday afternoons.
We met in Central Park.
a cafe overlooking the park
I work as a ranger in the city's park system.
a park managed by the Department of Parks and Recreation
Collocations
adjective
verb + park
go to
park + noun
preposition
at a/the park
in a/the park
2 countable (in compounds) an area of land used for a particular purpose a business/science park
a wildlife park
a park ranger
She lives in a trailer park in Tucson, Arizona.
The lion was shot dead by a park ranger.
an indoor park for skateboarders
SEE ALSO amusement park, business park, car park, industrial park, motor park, national park, retail park, safari park, science park, theme park, water park 3 countable (in the UK) an area of land, usually with fields and trees, attached to a large country house The cottage is set within the park of a country house.
The houses and parks in Georgian Sussex represented leisured society at its peak.
4 countable (North American English) a piece of land for playing sports, especially baseball With a mighty swing he hit the ball right out of the park.
5 the park singular (British English) a football (soccer) or rugby field the fastest man on the park
6 uncountable the position of the gears in a car with automatic transmission (= a system that changes the gears by itself so the driver does not have to) in which they are locked so that the engine cannot send any power to the wheels She put the car in park, pulled out the key and got out.
Idioms
Word Origin
Middle English: from Old French parc, from medieval Latin parricus, of Germanic origin; related to German Pferch ‘pen, fold’, also to paddock. The word was originally a legal term designating land held by royal permission for keeping game animals: this was enclosed and therefore distinct from a forest or chase, and (also unlike a forest) had no special laws or officers. A military sense ‘space occupied by artillery, wagons, stores, etc., in an encampment’ (late 17th cent.) is the origin of the verb sense (mid 19th cent.) and of sense (2) (early 20th cent.).