unpark

un·park
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US/ˌʌnˈpɑɹk/UK/ˌʌnˈpɑːk/

verb

to remove (a car or other vehicle) from a parked position

“to unpark the head of a disk drive”

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Meanings

verbunpark (third-person singular simple present unparks, present participle unparking, simple past and past participle unparked)

present singular third person unparks · participle present unparking · participle past unparked · past unparked

  1. transitiveto remove (a car or other vehicle) from a parked position

    Tuesday Mrs. Jennie Anderson, 366 North Ninth West St., received the ten-day-old letter asking her to go to Seattle and unpark the car.

    1950, The Deseret News, vol. 332, no. 33, "Mother Recovers Car Outbound Son Parked
  2. intransitiveto remove a car or other vehicle from a parked position

    A small portion of that area near the sentry booth was left open for vehicular movements essential to parking and unparking.

    1969, United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 409 F.2d 1130
  3. transitivecomputingTo release from the fixed position adopted when not in use.

    to unpark the head of a disk drive

Origin

From un- + park.

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Translations

German ausparken
  • ausparkento remove (a car) from a parked position

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with unpark

parkmarkdarkclarkarcclerkremarksparkarkbarkstarkquarkembarklarkmarquesnarkharksarkStarkenarcdisembarkbarquecarkdemark
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Anagrams

Kanpuruprank
Cite this entry
APA

unpark. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpark

MLA

“unpark.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpark. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unpark,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpark.

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