park

verb12

1. •
   to stop a car or other vehicle and leave it somewhere for a while

   • 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. •
   [with oneself] (informal) 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.
3. •
   (informal, figurative) To defer (a matter) until a later date.

   • Let's park that until next week's meeting.
4. •
   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.
5. •
   (US, slang) To engage in romantic or sexual activities inside a nonmoving vehicle that was driven to a suitable spot for that purpose.

   • They stopped at a romantic overlook, shut off the engine, and parked.
6. •
   To hit a home run; to hit the ball out of the park.

   • He really parked that one.
7. •
   (Internet) To register a domain name, but make no use of it (See domain parking)
8. •
   To bring together in a park, or compact body.

   • to park artillery, wagons, automobiles, etc.
9. •
   To enclose in a park, or as in a park.

   • O, negligent and heedless discipline! How are we park'd and bounded in a pale, A little herd of England's timorous deer, Mazed with a yelping kennel of French curs! — 1591
10. •
    To enclose in a park, or partially enclosed basin.
11. •
    (old-fashioned) To promenade or drive in a park.
12. •
    (old-fashioned) To display style or gait on a park drive.

noun13

1. •
   An area of land set aside for environment preservation or recreation.
2. •
   A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, such as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like.

   • She went to the park for a jog with him.
   • 17th century, Edmund Waller, At Penshurst While in the park I sing, the listening deer / Attend my passion, and forget to fear.
3. •
   A piece of ground in or near a city or town, enclosed and kept for ornament and recreation.

   • If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park, very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward. The slightest effort made the patient cough. — 1918
4. •
   An enclosed parcel of land stocked with animals for hunting, which one may have by prescription or royal grant.
5. •
   An area used for specific purposes.
6. •
   An open space occupied by or reserved for vehicles, matériel or stores.
7. •
   A partially enclosed basin in which oysters are grown.
8. •
   An area zoned for a particular (industrial or commercial) purpose.
9. •
   An area on which a sporting match is played; (soccer) a pitch.
10. •
    The gear into which one shifts an automatic transmission when one is parking a car or truck. (Denoted with symbol P on a shifter's labeling.)

    • If a car seems to be refusing to let you shift out of park, recall that many cars have a safety interlock which requires that your foot must be pressing on the brake pedal before you can shift out of park.
11. •
    (Australia, informal) A space in which to leave a car; a parking space.

    • 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. — 2003
12. •
    (US) A wide, flat-bottomed valley in a mountainous region.

    • The so-called park is a very broad, open valley,between the Sangre de Cristo range on the east, and the volcanic San Juan and Conejos ranges on the west — 1897
13. •
    (UK) An inventory of matériel.

    • A country's tank park or artillery park.

noun1

1. •
   A large area of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland.