parachute

noun · verbB2

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noun

Plural noun:

parachutes

1.
(aviation) A device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object or person, causing them to float instead of falling.
2.
(zoology) A web or fold of skin extending between the legs of gliding mammals, such as the flying squirrel and colugo.
3.
Any of various mushrooms with broad, domed caps.
4.
(BDSM) A small collar which fastens around the scrotum and from which weights can be hung.
5.
A large sheet of fabric used in children's physical education, often colorful, with handles allowing many people to control its motion.

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verb

V_es/s

parachutes

V_ing/Gerund

parachuting

V_ed/pp

parachuted

1.
(intransitive)To jump, fall, descend, etc. using such a device.
2.
(transitive)To introduce into a place using such a device.
The soldiers were parachuted behind enemy lines.
3.
(transitive)To place (somebody) in an organisation in a position of authority without their having previous experience there; used with in or into.
4.
(slang)To wrap illicit drugs in a covering before swallowing them, so that they will be released for absorption when the covering dissolves within the body.
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Borrowed from French parachute, from para- (protection against) (as in parasol) and chute (fall). ine-pro