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name
A town in Garfield County, Colorado, United States, named after Parachute Creek; it was renamed Grand Valley in 1908, regaining its original name in the 1980s.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
A web or fold of skin extending between the legs of gliding mammals, such as the flying squirrel and colugo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
Any of various mushrooms with broad, domed caps.
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noun
A small collar which fastens around the scrotum and from which weights can be hung.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: BDSM, lifestyle, sexuality
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noun
A large sheet of fabric used in children's physical education, often colorful, with handles allowing many people to control its motion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To jump, fall, descend, etc. using such a device.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
To introduce into a place using such a device.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To place (somebody) in an organisation in a position of authority without their having previous experience there; used with in or into.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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Synonyms: bomb
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noun
rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: chute
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Broader terms: rescue equipment
Narrower terms: drogue, drogue chute, drogue parachute, parasail
verb
jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: chute, jump
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Broader terms: dive, plunge, plunk
Narrower terms: sky dive, skydive
History
Borrowed from French parachute, from para- (“protection against”) (as in parasol) and chute (“fall”).
Across languages
123 source translations are retained for this English entry.
