park
/pɑɹk/ verb A2- To bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place. · You can park the car in front of the house.· I parked the drive heads of my hard disk before travelling with my laptop.
- To defer (a matter) until a later date. · Let's park that until next week's meeting.
- To bring together in a park, or compact body. · to park artillery, wagons, automobiles, etc.
- To enclose in a park, or as in a park.
- To hit a home run; to hit the ball out of the park. · He really parked that one.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
He/she/it parks · Past parked · Past participle parked · -ing form parking
Verb forms
- Base form
- park
- He/she/it
- parks
- Past
- parked
- Past participle
- parked
- -ing form
- parking
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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A heavily timbered park stretched up in a gentle slope, thickening into a grove at the highest point.
What a contrast did it offer to his last address in Rosings Park, when he put his letter into her hand!
Thursday the girls had a drive in the park, and in the evening Miss Barry took them to a concert in the Academy of Music, where a noted prima donna was to sing.
It was a quarter-past nine when I started from home and made my way across the Park, and so through Oxford Street to Baker Street.
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