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PARK

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Example:

take me out to the ballpark

Synonyms:

ballpark; park

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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 2

Meaning:

A gear position that acts as a parking brake

Example:

the put the car in park and got out

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Example:

there are laws that protect the wildlife in this park

Synonyms:

park; parkland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

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 4

Meaning:

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

Example:

they went for a walk in the park

Synonyms:

common; commons; green; park

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

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 5

Meaning:

A lot where cars are parked

Synonyms:

car park; park; parking area; parking lot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

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:

Scottish explorer in Africa (1771-1806)

Synonyms:

Mungo Park; Park

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

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

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Place temporarily

Example:

park your bag in this locker

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

Example:

Can you park right here?

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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)

Credits

 Context examples: 

With all the chances against her of house, hall, place, park, court, and cottage, Northanger turned up an abbey, and she was to be its inhabitant.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Haye Park might do, said she, if the Gouldings could quit it—or the great house at Stoke, if the drawing-room were larger; but Ashworth is too far off!

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

In addition to the El Portal Fire of July, 2014, in Yosemite National Park, California, the team has studied 22 other large wildfires in the western U.S.

(Researchers discover how wildfires create their own weather, National Science Foundation)

Provider: Geron Corporation, Menlo Park, CA.

(GE01, NCI Thesaurus)

According to electric engineer Thiago Lippo, from the Itaipu Technological Park, the project is also part of the company's research and development efforts, and will be monitored along with the biomethane plant.

(Biomethane rises as alternate source of energy in Brazil, Agência Brasil)

When I found he was really going to his friends at Thornberry Park for the whole day to-morrow, I had compassion on him.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

A setting outside the clinic or a comparable health care facility, e.g. a doctor's office, the subject's home or workplace, a school, a public park, or a restaurant.

(In the Field, NCI Thesaurus)

A splendid park with fine old timber surrounds the house, and the lake, to which my client had referred, lay close to the avenue, about two hundred yards from the building.

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

My only comfort, she said to Meg, with tears in her eyes, is that Mother doesn't take tucks in my dresses whenever I'm naughty, as Maria Parks's mother does.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

We were in a chamber, from whence there was a fair prospect into the park.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)