PARK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Park mean? 

• PARK (noun)
  The noun PARK has 6 senses:

1. a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property

2. a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area

3. a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games)

4. Scottish explorer in Africa (1771-1806)

5. a lot where cars are parked

6. a gear position that acts as a parking brake

  Familiarity information: PARK used as a noun is common.

• PARK (verb)
  The verb PARK has 2 senses:

1. place temporarily

2. maneuver a vehicle into a parking space

  Familiarity information: PARK used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

park; parkland

Context example:

there are laws that protect the wildlife in this park

Hypernyms ("park" is a kind of...):

parcel; parcel of land; piece of ground; piece of land; tract (an extended area of land)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "park"):

national park (a tract of land declared by the national government to be public property)

safari park (an area of parkland where wild animals are kept and can be viewed by visitors driving through)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

common; commons; green; park

Context example:

they went for a walk in the park

Hypernyms ("park" is a kind of...):

parcel; parcel of land; piece of ground; piece of land; tract (an extended area of land)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "park"):

amusement park; funfair; pleasure ground (a commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement)

village green (a village park consisting of a plot of grassy land)

Instance hyponyms:

Central Park (a large park in Manhattan)

Holonyms ("park" is a part of...):

populated area; urban area (a geographical area constituting a city or town)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

ballpark; park

Context example:

take me out to the ballpark

Hypernyms ("park" is a kind of...):

arena; bowl; sports stadium; stadium (a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments)

Meronyms (parts of "park"):

ball field; baseball field; diamond (the baseball playing field)

bullpen (a place on a baseball field where relief pitchers can warm up during a game)

dugout (either of two low shelters on either side of a baseball diamond where the players and coaches sit during the game)

stand (tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade))

Domain category:

ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Scottish explorer in Africa (1771-1806)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Mungo Park; Park

Instance hypernyms:

adventurer; explorer (someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose))

Sense 5

Meaning:

A lot where cars are parked

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

car park; park; parking area; parking lot

Hypernyms ("park" is a kind of...):

lot (a parcel of land having fixed boundaries)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "park"):

used-car lot (a parking lot where a dealer in used-cars displays cars for sale)

Derivation:

park (place temporarily)

park (maneuver a vehicle into a parking space)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A gear position that acts as a parking brake

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

the put the car in park and got out

Hypernyms ("park" is a kind of...):

gear; gear mechanism (a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle))

Derivation:

park (place temporarily)

park (maneuver a vehicle into a parking space)

• PARK (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they park    ... he / she / it parks   
Past simple: parked   
Past participle: parked   
-ing form: parking   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Place temporarily

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

park your bag in this locker

Hypernyms (to "park" is one way to...):

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

park (a gear position that acts as a parking brake)

park (a lot where cars are parked)

parking (space in which vehicles can be parked)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Maneuver a vehicle into a parking space

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

Can you park right here?

Hypernyms (to "park" is one way to...):

channelise; channelize; direct; guide; head; maneuver; manoeuver; manoeuvre; point; steer (direct the course; determine the direction of travelling)

Domain category:

driving (the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "park"):

angle-park (park at an angle)

parallel-park (park directly behind another vehicle)

double-park (park a vehicle alongside another)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

park (a gear position that acts as a parking brake)

park (a lot where cars are parked)

parking (the act of maneuvering a vehicle into a location where it can be left temporarily)

 Context examples 

Let us walk out in the park, and you shall tell me all about your brothers and sisters.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

As the Miss Dashwoods entered the drawing-room of the park the next day, at one door, Mrs. Palmer came running in at the other, looking as good humoured and merry as before.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

That had been proved often enough in the days when he ran with them; it had been proved that Sunday at Shell Mound Park.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Living near a park may slash your risk of an early death, according to the biggest ever review of the evidence.

(People Living Near Parks in Cities Less Likely to Face Early Death, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Again, Park Lane is a frequented thoroughfare; there is a cab stand within a hundred yards of the house.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was the most rational remark which I had heard in Enmore Park.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

We could see the other side of the road and the Park.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And with the exception of a solitary man, no one saw them arrive at the little flag station known as College Park.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

We broke house at Carfax, but we had night and a walled park to protect us.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Am I right, Baroness Ingram, of Ingram Park?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)