park
part of speech
noun (park, parks); verb (park, parks, parked, parking)
meaning for a pupil
1) A park is a public green place with grass and trees where people play, walk and relax. tree →
2) A national park is a large wild area kept safe for nature. tree →
3) To park is to stop a car or bike and leave it in a place. tree →
4) A theme park or water park is a place with rides. tree →
5) A park can also be a large enclosed piece of land where animals are kept. tree →
sense in the lessons
a place in a story: things found, trees planted, people in the park; in everyday life: playgrounds, picnics, parking lots; phrases «car park» (UK), «parking lot» (USA), «national park», «skate park»
examples
- There are 32 trees in the park. tree →
- The workers will plant 15 more trees. tree →
- Danny found 18 caps at the park. tree →
- How many trees will the park have? tree →
- We had a picnic in the park. tree →
- Dad parked the car near the school. tree →
- Yellowstone is a famous national park. tree →
- The car park was full. tree →
- We rode the roller coaster at the theme park. tree →
- Keep the park clean: put rubbish in the bin. tree →
- He returned for the cattle, and he put them into the park. tree →
note
A place, not counted. Things «in the park» are counted. Trap: «parked cars» uses the verb, meaning stopped. Safety: stay where adults can see you in a park, and never park a bike in front of a door or a gate.
In the corpora
- While a parent is unemployed the family may claim benefits and cut spending; free fun like parks and libraries helps.
- Most of the time it goes smoothly, but small things like a hedge or a parked car can grow into big rows.
- It fixes roads, empties bins, runs parks and libraries, and decides on planning: whether people may build big extensions.
- The council is the local government that looks after roads, parks, bins, libraries and planning, run by elected councillors.
- Every street has its news: who parked where, whose dog barked, who has a new car.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «park» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.