parked

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of park.

   He parked the truck in the shade before the long meeting.

   They parked along the river and set out the picnic blanket.

   Note

   Every meaning of park travels with this form, including the informal, figurative one of setting a matter aside: the proposal was parked until spring. In baseball, a hitter who parked one sent it out of the park for a home run. Without an object, in US slang, they parked can mean a couple stopped the car somewhere quiet for romance, so context decides the reading.

2. 2
   adjective

   Left in a particular place and not currently in use.

   The parked ambulance waited just outside the emergency room doors.

   Dust covered the parked motorcycle after months alone in the garage.

   Similarstationary

   Oppositemoving

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