On your bike

Does one park a bicycle?

This sign, spotted earlier in a commercial building, definitely got me thinking.

In the past, I may have locked my bike to something.  I may have left it somewhere.  I may even have put it somewhere.

My last bike was stolen over a year ago so I haven’t thought much on what I do with bicycles since. But I have contemplated since seeing this sign and cannot recall any occasion where I might have parked my bike.

Maybe more evidence that I am out of step with the real world, or at least  Dublin. Or maybe I just think too much….. or not enough….

“Words are in dictionaries because they exist – they do not exist because they are in dictionaries”

Máire Nic Mhaoláin

“park - verb (parked, parking) 1 tr & intr a to leave (a vehicle) temporarily at the side of the road or in a car park; b to manoeuvre (a vehicle) into such a position. 2 colloq to lay, place or leave something somewhere temporarily. 3 (park oneself) colloq to sit or install oneself. “

Chambers Dictionary

“park

verb

1. to stop and leave (a vehicle) temporarily

1. to manoeuvre (a motor vehicle) into a space for it to be left   ⇒ try to park without hitting the kerb

1. (stock exchange) to register (securities) in the name of another or of nominees in order to conceal their real ownership

1. (transitive) (informal) to leave or put somewhere   ⇒ park yourself in front of the fire

1. (intransitive) (military) to arrange equipment in a park

1. (transitive) to enclose in or as a park”

Collins Dictionary