park

verb

parked; parking; parks

transitive verb

1

: to enclose in a park

2

a(1)

: to bring (a vehicle) to a stop and keep standing at the edge of a public way

(2)

: to leave temporarily on a public way or in a parking lot or garage

b

: to land and leave (an aircraft) in an assigned or accessible location

c

: to establish (something, such as a satellite) in orbit

3

a

: to set and leave temporarily

parked his book on the chair

b

: to place, settle, or establish especially for a considerable time

kids parked in front of the TV

intransitive verb

: to park a vehicle

parker noun

Examples of park in a Sentence

I couldn't find anywhere to park.

I parked on the street.

I parked the car on the street.

Cars are only allowed to park on the right side of this street.

The bus parked behind the museum.

Park your bags in the hallway.

She parked the money in a savings account and forgot about it for several years.

Recent Examples on the Web

The group is accused of damaging work and cargo vans parked on streets and in a non-residential parking garage, and then stealing construction equipment from the vehicles. —Todd Feurer, CBS News, 6 June 2026

In the early hours of June 7, 2018, Emilio Valdez left his mother's home and entered a Pontiac Grand Prix parked outside a neighbor's house. —Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026

The carrier said the incident involving the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner occurred shortly after noon Thursday while it was parked at the gate, with only crew members and ground staff on board. —ABC News, 4 June 2026

Barberena continued to drive home and parked her bus nearby. —Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1526, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Phrases Containing park

• amusement park
• car park
• dog park
• double-park
• industrial park
• knock it out of the park
• memorial park
• mobile home park
• multistorey car park
• national park
• office park
• on the park
• out of the park
• parallel park
• park and ride
• park-keeper
• park oneself
• park ranger
• research park
• retail park
• safari park
• science park
• skate park
• solar park
• state park
• technology park
• theme park
• trailer park
• vest-pocket park
• walk in the park
• water park
• zoological park

Rhymes for park

• arc
• ark
• bark
• barque
• dark
• hark
• lark
• marc
• mark
• marque
• narc
• quark

Kids Definition

park

1 of 2 noun

ˈpärk 

1

: an area around a country house used for recreation (as hunting or riding)

2

a

: a piece of ground in or near a city or town kept as a place of beauty or recreation

b

: an area maintained in its natural state as a public property

3

: parking lot

4

: an enclosed field for ball games

park

2 of 2 verb

1

: to leave a vehicle standing temporarily

2

: to set and leave temporarily

park yourself in that chair