park

Universal Words noun, verb noun 1 [C] an area of public land in a town or a city where people go to walk, play and relax: Hyde Park * We went for a walk in the park. * a park bench 2 [C] (in compounds) an area of land used for a particular purpose: a business / science park * a wildlife park seealsoAMUSEMENTPARK, CARPARK, NATIONALPARK, SAFARIPARK, THEMEPARK 3 [C] (in Britain) an enclosed area of land, usually with fields and trees, attached to a large country house 4 [C] (AmE) a piece of land for playing sports, especially baseball seealsoBALLPARK 5 (the park) [sing.] (BrE) a football or rugby field: the fastest man on the park verb 1 to leave a vehicle that you are driving in a particular place for a period of time: [V, VN] You can't park here. * You can't park the car here. * [V] He's parked very badly. * [VN] a badly parked truck * A red van was parked in front of the house. * a parked car * (informal, figurative) Just park your bags in the hall until your room is ready. seealsoDOUBLE-PARK 2 [VN+adv./prep.] ~ yourself (informal) to sit or stand in a particular place for a period of time: She parked herself on the edge of the bed.