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# park

«park» in Mova's school dictionary: **a public green place with grass and trees where people…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/park/#m1)

2) A national park is a large wild area kept safe for nature. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/park/#m2)

3) To park is to stop a car or bike and leave it in a place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/park/#m3)

4) A theme park or water park is a place with rides. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/park/#m4)

5) A park can also be a large enclosed piece of land where animals are kept. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/park/#m5)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/park/#x1)
- The workers will plant 15 more trees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/park/#x2)
- Danny found 18 caps at the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/park/#x3)
- How many trees will the park have? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/park/#x4)
- We had a picnic in the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/park/#x5)
- Dad parked the car near the school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/park/#x6)
- Yellowstone is a famous national park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/park/#x7)
- The car park was full. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/park/#x8)
- We rode the roller coaster at the theme park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/park/#x9)
- Keep the park clean: put rubbish in the bin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/park/#x10)
- He returned for the cattle, and he put them into the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/park/#x11)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/4-when-work-goes-wrong/9/)
- [Most of the time it goes smoothly, but small things like a hedge or a parked car can grow into big rows.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/1/)
- [It fixes roads, empties bins, runs parks and libraries, and decides on planning: whether people may build big extensions.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/3/)
- [The council is the local government that looks after roads, parks, bins, libraries and planning, run by elected councillors.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/11/)
- [Every street has its news: who parked where, whose dog barked, who has a new car.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «park» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/park/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.