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P0073400 (pärk)n.1. An area of land set aside for public use, as:a. A piece of land with few or no buildings within or adjoining a town, maintained for recreational and ornamental purposes.b. A landscaped city square.c. A large tract of rural land kept in its natural state and usually reserved for the enjoyment and recreation of visitors.2. A broad, fairly level valley between mountain ranges: the high parks of the Rocky Mountains.3. A tract of land attached to a country house, especially when including extensive gardens, woods, pastures, or a game preserve.4. Sports A stadium or an enclosed playing field: a baseball park.5. a. An area where military vehicles or artillery are stored and serviced.b. The materiel kept in such an area.6. An area in or near a town designed and usually zoned for a certain purpose: a commercial park.7. A position in an automatic transmission that disengages the gears and sets the brake so the vehicle cannot move: put the car in park and turned off the engine.v. parked, park·ing, parks v.tr.1. To put or leave (a vehicle) for a time in a certain location.2. Aerospace To place (a spacecraft or satellite) in a usually temporary orbit.3. Informal To place or leave temporarily: parked the baby with neighbors; parking cash in a local bank account.4. To assemble (artillery or other equipment) in a military park.v.intr.1. To park a motor vehicle: pulled over and parked next to the curb.2. Slang To engage in kissing and caressing in a vehicle stopped in a secluded spot.
[Middle English, game preserve, enclosed tract of land, from Old French parc, from Vulgar Latin *parricus, fence, from *parra, perhaps, "wooden bar, espalier"; akin to Spanish parra, grapevine grown in an espalier, and French barre, bar; see barre.]
park′er n.

parked

(pɑːkt) adj (Automotive Engineering) (of a vehicle) stopped and left in a place for a period of time
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Adj.1.parked - that have been left; "there were four parked cars across the street"
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