Park

n.	1.	(Eng. Law) A piece of ground inclosed, and stored with beasts of the chase, which a man may have by prescription, or the king's grant.
	2.	A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like. While in the park I sing, the listening deer Attend my passion, and forget to fear. - Waller.
	3.	A piece of ground, in or near a city or town, inclosed and kept for ornament and recreation; as, Hyde Park in London; Central Park in New York.
	4.	(Mil.) A space occupied by the animals, wagons, pontoons, and materials of all kinds, as ammunition, ordnance stores, hospital stores, provisions, etc., when brought together; also, the objects themselves; as, a park of wagons; a park of artillery.
	5.	A partially inclosed basin in which oysters are grown.
	6.	Any place where vehicles are assembled according to a definite arrangement; also, the vehicles.
	7.	A position of the gear lever in a vehicle with automatic transmission, used when the vehicle is stopped, in which the transmission is in neutral and a brake is engaged. Park of artillery See under Artillery. Park phaeton a small, low carriage, for use in parks. industrial park a region located typically in a suburban or rural area, zoned by law for specific types of business use (as, retail business, light industry, and sometimes heavy industry), often having some parklike characteristics, and having businesses, parking lots, and sometimes recreation areas and restaurants. The sponsoring agency may also provide supporting facilities, such as water towers, office buildings, or for large industrial parks, an airport.
v. t.	1.	To inclose in a park, or as in a park. [imp. & p. p. Parked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Parking.] How are we parked, and bounded in a pale. - Shak.
	2.	(Mil.) To bring together in a park, or compact body; as, to park artillery, wagons, automobiles, etc.
	3.	In oyster culture, to inclose in a park.
	4.	To bring (a vehicle) to a stop and leave it standing; - typically a parked vehicle is off of the public road, the motor is not running, and the driver has left the vehicle.
	5.	To place (an object) in a temporary location; as, to park oneself on the couch; to park one's money in a mutual fund.
v. i.	1.	To promenade or drive in a park; also, of horses, to display style or gait on a park drive.
	2.	To come to a stop [in a vehicle] off of the public road and leave the vehicle standing; - typically the motor of a parked vehicle is not left running; as, he parked in a no-parking zone.

Noun	1.	park - a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property; "there are laws that protect the wildlife in this park" Synonyms: parkland
	2.	park - a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park" Synonyms: common, commons, green
	3.	park - a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games); "take me out to the ballpark" Synonyms: ballpark
	4.	Park - Scottish explorer in Africa (1771-1806) Synonyms: Mungo Park
	5.	park - a lot where cars are parked Synonyms: car park, parking area, parking lot
	6.	park - a gear position that acts as a parking brake; "the put the car in park and got out"
Verb	1.	park - place temporarily; "park the car in the yard"; "park the children with the in-laws"; "park your bag in this locker"
	2.	park - maneuver a vehicle into a parking space; "Park the car in front of the library"; "Can you park right here?"

PARK, Eng. law. An enclosed chase (q.v.) extending only over a man's own grounds. The term park signifies an enclosure. 2 Bl. Com. 38.

To dream that you are at a park, represents a temporary escape from reality. It indicates renewal, meditation, and spirituality. It is also an indication of a readjustment period after a serious personal conflict or an ending of a passionate affair. To dream that you are lost in a park, indicates your struggles with your career, relationship, or other problem. You may feel alienated by society.Astroturf, Indian reservation, afforestation, ammo dump, anchor, arboretum, archives, arena, armory, arsenal, artificial turf, artillery park, atomic arsenal, bank, billet at, bird sanctuary, bivouac, boondocks, bowling green, burrow, bush, bushveld, camp, campo, chase, cincture, climax forest, close, cloud forest, colonize, come to anchor, common, commons, confine, container, coop, court, courtyard, curtilage, delimited field, dendrology, deposit, domesticate, drop anchor, dump, enclave, enclosure, ensconce, establish residence, estate, fairway, field, fold, forest, forest land, forest preserve, forestry, fringing forest, gallery forest, game reserve, garden, golf course, golf links, grass, grass veld, grassland, grassplot, grazing, green, greens, greensward, greenwood, greenyard, ground, grounds, gun park, hanger, haugh, haughland, hive, index forest, inhabit, jungle, jungles, keep house, lawn, lay, lea, leave, library, list, live at, llano, locate, magazine, mead, meadow, meadow land, moor, move, museum, national forest, national park, nest, pale, paling, palmetto barrens, pampa, pampas, paradise, park forest, pasturage, pasture, pasture land, pen, people, perch, pine barrens, place, pleasance, pleasure garden, pleasure ground, populate, pose, posit, post, prairie, preserve, primeval forest, protection forest, public park, put, putting green, quad, quadrangle, rain forest, range, reforestation, relocate, reservation, reserve, reside, roost, sanctuary, savanna, scrub, scrubland, seat, selection forest, set, set up housekeeping, set up shop, settle, settle down, shrubland, silviculture, sit down, sprout forest, square, squat, stand, stand of timber, state forest, station, stay at, steppe, steppeland, stick, store, strike root, submit, swale, take residence at, take root, take up residence, theater, timber, timberland, toft, tree veld, vega, veld, village green, virgin forest, wilderness preserve, wildlife preserve, wildwood, wood, woodland, woods, yard

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