Definition of "park" in Anglais

noun

1. An area of land set aside for environment preservation or recreation.

2. (US) A wide, flat-bottomed valley in a mountainous region.

3. An area used for specific purposes.

4. (UK) An inventory of matériel.

   • A country's tank park or artillery park.

5. (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A space in which to leave a car; a parking space.

   • 2003, “Johnny”, "Melbourne Blackout", in Sleazegrinder (editor), Gigs from Hell: True Stories from Rock and Roll′s Frontline, page 174, 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.
   • 2011, Antonia Magee, The Property Diaries: A Story of Buying a House, Finding a Man and Making a Home … All on a Single Income!, John Wiley & Sons Australia, unnumbered page, We finally found a park and walked a few blocks to the building.

6. (automotive) 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.

verb

1. (transitive) 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.

2. (transitive, informal, figurative) To defer (a matter) until a later date.

   • Let's park that until next week's meeting.

3. (transitive) To bring together in a park, or compact body.

   • to park artillery, wagons, automobiles, etc.

4. (transitive) To enclose in a park, or as in a park.

5. (transitive, baseball) To hit a home run; to hit the ball out of the park.

   • He really parked that one.

6. (intransitive, slang, US) 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.

7. (transitive, informal, sometimes reflexive) 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.