"parachute" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpæɹəʃuːt/ Audio: en-us-parachute.ogg [US] Forms: parachutes [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French parachute, from para- (“protection against”) (as in parasol) and chute (“fall”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|parachute}} French parachute, {{m|fr|para-||protection against}} para- (“protection against”), {{m|fr|parasol}} parasol, {{m|fr|chute||fall}} chute (“fall”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} parachute (plural 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. Categories (topical): Aviation Translations (device designed to control the fall of an object or person): valskerm (Afrikaans), parashutë [feminine] (Albanian), بَرَاشُوت (barāšūt) [masculine] (Arabic), مِظَلّة هُبُوط (miẓallat hubūṭ) [feminine] (Arabic), بَرَشوت (barašūt, parašūt) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), պարաշյուտ (parašyut) (Armenian), paracaíes [masculine] (Asturian), paraşüt (Azerbaijani), jausgailu (Basque), paraxut (Basque), парашу́т (parašút) [masculine] (Belarusian), প্যারাশুট (pêraśuṭ) (Bengali), harz-lamm [masculine] (Breton), парашу́т (parašút) [masculine] (Bulgarian), လေထီး (lehti:) (Burmese), paracaigudes [masculine] (Catalan), پەڕاشوت (perraşut) (Central Kurdish), 降落傘 (Chinese Mandarin), 降落伞 (jiàngluòsǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), lammlen [common-gender, feminine, plural, singular] (Cornish), padák [masculine] (Czech), faldskærm [common-gender] (Danish), parachute [masculine] (Dutch), valscherm [neuter] (Dutch), མཆོང་གདུགས (mchong gdugs) (Dzongkha), paraŝuto (Esperanto), langevari (Estonian), laskuvarjo (Finnish), parachute [masculine] (French), paracaídas [masculine] (Galician), პარაშუტი (ṗarašuṭi) (Georgian), Fallschirm [masculine] (German), αλεξίπτωτο (alexíptoto) [neuter] (Greek), מַצְנֵחַ (matsnéakh) [masculine] (Hebrew), छतरी (chatrī) [feminine] (Hindi), हवाई छतरी (havāī chatrī) [feminine] (Hindi), ejtőernyő (Hungarian), fallhlíf (Icelandic), parafalo (Ido), parasut (Indonesian), paracadita (Interlingua), paracadute [masculine] (Italian), 落下傘 (rakkasan) (alt: らっかさん) (Japanese), パラシュート (parashūto) (Japanese), para-kéda (Kabuverdianu), парашют (paraşüt) (Kazakh), ឆ័ត្រយោង (chɑt yoong) (Khmer), ឆត្រ (chat) (Khmer), 낙하산 (nakhasan) (alt: 落下傘) (Korean), 락하산 (rakhasan) (alt: 落下傘) [North-Korea] (Korean), 파라슈트 (parasyuteu) (Korean), парашют (paraşyut) (Kyrgyz), ຈ້ອງໂດດ (chǭng dōt) (Lao), ຈ້ອງຊຸຊິບ (chǭng su sip) (Lao), umbrella descensoria [feminine] (Latin), izpletnis [masculine] (Latvian), parašiutas [masculine] (Lithuanian), ᦈᦸᧂᧉᦟᦳᧄ (ṫsoang²lum) (), падобран (padobran) [masculine] (Macedonian), payung terjun (Malay), hekerangi (Maori), шүхэр (šüxer) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), parachute [masculine] (Norman), pereşût (Northern Kurdish), fallskjerm [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), paracasudas [masculine] (Occitan), پاراشوت (pārāšút) (Pashto), چتر نجات (čatr-e nejât) (Persian), پاراشوت (pârâšut) (Persian), spadochron [masculine] (Polish), paraquedas [masculine] (Portuguese), ਪੈਰਾਸ਼ੂਟ (pairāśūṭ) [masculine] (Punjabi), parașută [feminine] (Romanian), парашю́т (parašút) [masculine] (Russian), па̏добра̄н [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pȁdobrān [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), පැරෂුටය (pæraṣuṭaya) (Sinhalese), padák [masculine] (Slovak), padalo [neuter] (Slovene), paracaídas [masculine] (Spanish), fallskärm [common-gender] (Swedish), parakayda (Tagalog), payong-payong (Tagalog), парашют (parašyut) (Tajik), ร่มชูชีพ (rôm-chuu-chîip) (Thai), กระโดดร่ม (grà-dòot-rôm) (Thai), ጋንጽላ (ganṣəla) (Tigrinya), paraşüt (Turkish), paraşüt (Turkmen), парашу́т (parašút) [masculine] (Ukrainian), پیراشوٹ (pairāśūṭ) [masculine] (Urdu), پاراشوت (parashot) (Uyghur), parashut (Uzbek), (cái) dù (Vietnamese), dù hàng không (Vietnamese), parasiwt [masculine] (Welsh), פּאַראַשוט (parashut) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-parachute-en-noun-O48-Gk-h Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'device designed to control the fall of an object or person': 94 1 1 5
  2. (zoology) A web or fold of skin extending between the legs of gliding mammals, such as the flying squirrel and colugo. Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-parachute-en-noun-t1D~FMXR Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
  3. (BDSM) A small collar which fastens around the scrotum and from which weights can be hung. Categories (topical): BDSM Translations (BDSM: scrotum collar from which weights can be hung): parachute [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-parachute-en-noun-ha5MmhV6 Topics: BDSM, lifestyle, sexuality Disambiguation of 'BDSM: scrotum collar from which weights can be hung': 22 6 60 11
  4. A large sheet of fabric used in children's physical education, often colorful, with handles allowing many people to control its motion. Translations (cloth used in physical education): leikkivarjo (Finnish), Schwungtuch [neuter] (German), chusta animacyjna [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-parachute-en-noun-en:physical_education Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 11 11 32 3 2 8 8 Disambiguation of 'cloth used in physical education': 17 5 4 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: /ˈpæɹəʃuːt/ Audio: en-us-parachute.ogg [US] Forms: parachutes [present, singular, third-person], parachuting [participle, present], parachuted [participle, past], parachuted [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from French parachute, from para- (“protection against”) (as in parasol) and chute (“fall”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|parachute}} French parachute, {{m|fr|para-||protection against}} para- (“protection against”), {{m|fr|parasol}} parasol, {{m|fr|chute||fall}} chute (“fall”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} parachute (third-person singular simple present parachutes, present participle parachuting, simple past and past participle parachuted)
  1. (intransitive) To jump, fall, descend, etc. using such a device. Tags: intransitive Translations (to jump with a parachute): скачам с парашут (Bulgarian), paraŝuti (Esperanto), hypätä laskuvarjolla (Finnish), mit dem Fallschirm abspringen (German), ejtőernyőzik (Hungarian), paracadutarsi (Italian), hekerangi (Maori), parachuter (Norman), пры́гать с парашю́том (prýgatʹ s parašútom) [imperfective] (Russian), lanzarse en paracaídas (Spanish), hoppa fallskärm (Swedish), กระโดดร่ม (grà-dòot-rôm) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-parachute-en-verb-KjlJ16iA Disambiguation of 'to jump with a parachute': 100 0 0 0
  2. (transitive) To introduce into a place using such a device. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-parachute-en-verb-U-3Rvffm
  3. (transitive) To place (somebody) in an organisation in a position of authority without their having previous experience there; used with in or into. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-parachute-en-verb-EAHtpiZU
  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. Tags: slang Synonyms: bomb
    Sense id: en-parachute-en-verb-bgwa2PRA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: parapente, parasail, paratrooper, skydiving, patagium

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          "word": "paraşüt"
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          "lang": "Bengali",
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          "word": "လေထီး"
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          "word": "降落傘"
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          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "padák"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "faldskærm"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "parachute"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
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          "code": "dz",
          "lang": "Dzongkha",
          "roman": "mchong gdugs",
          "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
          "word": "མཆོང་གདུགས"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
          "word": "paraŝuto"
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
          "word": "langevari"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
          "word": "laskuvarjo"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "parachute"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "paracaídas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ṗarašuṭi",
          "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
          "word": "პარაშუტი"
        },
        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Fallschirm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "alexíptoto",
          "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "αλεξίπτωτο"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "matsnéakh",
          "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "מַצְנֵחַ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "chatrī",
          "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "छतरी"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "havāī chatrī",
          "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "हवाई छतरी"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
          "word": "ejtőernyő"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
          "word": "fallhlíf"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
          "word": "parafalo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
          "word": "parasut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
          "word": "paracadita"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "paracadute"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
          "alt": "らっかさん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "rakkasan",
          "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
          "word": "落下傘"
        },
        {
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        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
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        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
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        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
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          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
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        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
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        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
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          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "parašiutas"
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        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
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          "roman": "ṫsoang²lum",
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          "word": "ᦈᦸᧂᧉᦟᦳᧄ"
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        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
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        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
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          "word": "payung terjun"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
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          "word": "hekerangi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
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          "word": "шүхэр"
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        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
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        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "fallskjerm"
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          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
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          "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
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        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
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          "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
          "word": "چتر نجات"
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        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
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          "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
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          "word": "spadochron"
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          "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
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          ],
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          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
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          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
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          "roman": "pæraṣuṭaya",
          "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
          "word": "පැරෂුටය"
        },
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          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
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          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
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          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
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        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
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          "word": "парашют"
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        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
          "code": "th",
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          "roman": "rôm-chuu-chîip",
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          "word": "ร่มชูชีพ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
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          "roman": "grà-dòot-rôm",
          "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
          "word": "กระโดดร่ม"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
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          "word": "ጋንጽላ"
        },
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        },
        {
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          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
          "code": "uk",
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          "roman": "parašút",
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          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "парашу́т"
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          "roman": "pairāśūṭ",
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          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "پیراشوٹ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "parashot",
          "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
          "word": "پاراشوت"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
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          "word": "parashut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
          "word": "(cái) dù"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
          "word": "dù hàng không"
        },
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          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
          "code": "cy",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "parasiwt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 5",
          "code": "yi",
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          "roman": "parashut",
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          "word": "פּאַראַשוט"
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          "ref": "1998, Guillaume Dustan, translated by Brad Rumph, In My Room, London: Serpent’s Tail, page 53",
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          "ref": "2012, Peggy Sue, Guide to Female Supremacy, London: Gynarchy International Editions / Lulu Press, page 75",
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        },
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          "ref": "2016, John Caesar, Wife Scorned!, Lulu.com",
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        },
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        }
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        "(intransitive) To jump, fall, descend, etc. using such a device."
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "sense": "to jump with a parachute",
          "word": "скачам с парашут"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to jump with a parachute",
          "word": "paraŝuti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to jump with a parachute",
          "word": "hypätä laskuvarjolla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to jump with a parachute",
          "word": "mit dem Fallschirm abspringen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to jump with a parachute",
          "word": "ejtőernyőzik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to jump with a parachute",
          "word": "paracadutarsi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to jump with a parachute",
          "word": "hekerangi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "to jump with a parachute",
          "word": "parachuter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prýgatʹ s parašútom",
          "sense": "to jump with a parachute",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "пры́гать с парашю́том"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to jump with a parachute",
          "word": "lanzarse en paracaídas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to jump with a parachute",
          "word": "hoppa fallskärm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "grà-dòot-rôm",
          "sense": "to jump with a parachute",
          "word": "กระโดดร่ม"
        }
      ]
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        {
          "text": "The soldiers were parachuted behind enemy lines."
        }
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        "To introduce into a place using such a device."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To introduce into a place using such a device."
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        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To place (somebody) in an organisation in a position of authority without their having previous experience there; used with in or into."
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        "(transitive) To place (somebody) in an organisation in a position of authority without their having previous experience there; used with in or into."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-parachute-en-verb-bgwa2PRA",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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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        {
          "word": "bomb"
        }
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        "slang"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈpæɹəʃuːt/"
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      "taxonomic": "Marasmius rotula",
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      "word": "drogue parachute"
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      "word": "golden parachute"
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      "word": "parachute flare"
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      "word": "parachute panties"
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      "word": "parachute pants"
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      "word": "parachute roll"
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        "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."
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          "ref": "1998, Guillaume Dustan, translated by Brad Rumph, In My Room, London: Serpent’s Tail, page 53",
          "text": "Under that there are dildos and butt-plugs arranged by size on two shelves: two fat butt-plugs and four small ones, four two-headed dildos, eight ordinary dildos. Under that, the little material hanging on nails: five different pairs of nipple clamps, some clothespins, a parachute for the balls, a dog collar, two hoods, one in leather, one in latex, six cockrings, in steel or leather, regular or with built-in ball-squeezers, two dick sheaths […]",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Peggy Sue, Guide to Female Supremacy, London: Gynarchy International Editions / Lulu Press, page 75",
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          "ref": "2016, John Caesar, Wife Scorned!, Lulu.com",
          "text": "She came near and grabbed his balls tightly with her left hand, tugging them downward while applying a parachute harness with her right hand. […] His balls stretched downward under the delicious weight.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2022, Mohamed A. Baky Fahmy, “Scrotum in Human Conscience”, in Mohamed A. Baky Fahmy, editor, Normal and Abnormal Scrotum, Cham, Switzerland: Springer, →DOI, page 22",
          "text": "A parachute is a small collar, usually made from leather, which fastens around the scrotum, and from which weights can be hung.",
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "valskerm"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "parashutë"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "barāšūt",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بَرَاشُوت"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "miẓallat hubūṭ",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مِظَلّة هُبُوط"
    },
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "barašūt, parašūt",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "Hijazi-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بَرَشوت"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "parašyut",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "պարաշյուտ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paracaíes"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "paraşüt"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "jausgailu"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "paraxut"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "parašút",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "парашу́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "pêraśuṭ",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "প্যারাশুট"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "harz-lamm"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "parašút",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "парашу́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "lehti:",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "လေထီး"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paracaigudes"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "降落傘"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiàngluòsǎn",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "降落伞"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "lammlen"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "padák"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "faldskærm"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parachute"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "valscherm"
    },
    {
      "code": "dz",
      "lang": "Dzongkha",
      "roman": "mchong gdugs",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "མཆོང་གདུགས"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "paraŝuto"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "langevari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "laskuvarjo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parachute"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paracaídas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṗarašuṭi",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "პარაშუტი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fallschirm"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "alexíptoto",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "αλεξίπτωτο"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "matsnéakh",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מַצְנֵחַ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "chatrī",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "छतरी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "havāī chatrī",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "हवाई छतरी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "ejtőernyő"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "fallhlíf"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "parafalo"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "parasut"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "paracadita"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paracadute"
    },
    {
      "alt": "らっかさん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rakkasan",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "落下傘"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "parashūto",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "パラシュート"
    },
    {
      "code": "kea",
      "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "para-kéda"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "paraşüt",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "парашют"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "chɑt yoong",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "ឆ័ត្រយោង"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "chat",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "ឆត្រ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "落下傘",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "nakhasan",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "낙하산"
    },
    {
      "alt": "落下傘",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "rakhasan",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "North-Korea"
      ],
      "word": "락하산"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "parasyuteu",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "파라슈트"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "perraşut",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "پەڕاشوت"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "pereşût"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "paraşyut",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "парашют"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "chǭng dōt",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "ຈ້ອງໂດດ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "chǭng su sip",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "ຈ້ອງຊຸຊິບ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "umbrella descensoria"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "izpletnis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parašiutas"
    },
    {
      "code": "khb",
      "lang": "Lü",
      "roman": "ṫsoang²lum",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "ᦈᦸᧂᧉᦟᦳᧄ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "padobran",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "падобран"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "payung terjun"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "hekerangi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "šüxer",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "шүхэр"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parachute"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fallskjerm"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paracasudas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "pārāšút",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "پاراشوت"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "čatr-e nejât",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "چتر نجات"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "pârâšut",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "پاراشوت"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spadochron"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paraquedas"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "pairāśūṭ",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ਪੈਰਾਸ਼ੂਟ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "parașută"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "parašút",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "парашю́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "па̏добра̄н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pȁdobrān"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "pæraṣuṭaya",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "පැරෂුටය"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "padák"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "padalo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paracaídas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fallskärm"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "parakayda"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "payong-payong"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "parašyut",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "парашют"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "rôm-chuu-chîip",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "ร่มชูชีพ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "grà-dòot-rôm",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "กระโดดร่ม"
    },
    {
      "code": "ti",
      "lang": "Tigrinya",
      "roman": "ganṣəla",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "ጋንጽላ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "paraşüt"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "paraşüt"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "parašút",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "парашу́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "pairāśūṭ",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "پیراشوٹ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "parashot",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "پاراشوت"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "parashut"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "(cái) dù"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "dù hàng không"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parasiwt"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "parashut",
      "sense": "device designed to control the fall of an object or person",
      "word": "פּאַראַשוט"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "BDSM: scrotum collar from which weights can be hung",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parachute"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cloth used in physical education",
      "word": "leikkivarjo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cloth used in physical education",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Schwungtuch"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "cloth used in physical education",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chusta animacyjna"
    }
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  "wikipedia": [
    "parachute"
  ],
  "word": "parachute"
}

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          "ref": "2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36",
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        "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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        "(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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      "ipa": "/ˈpæɹəʃuːt/"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "sense": "to jump with a parachute",
      "word": "скачам с парашут"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to jump with a parachute",
      "word": "paraŝuti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to jump with a parachute",
      "word": "hypätä laskuvarjolla"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to jump with a parachute",
      "word": "mit dem Fallschirm abspringen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to jump with a parachute",
      "word": "ejtőernyőzik"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to jump with a parachute",
      "word": "paracadutarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to jump with a parachute",
      "word": "hekerangi"
    },
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      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to jump with a parachute",
      "word": "parachuter"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prýgatʹ s parašútom",
      "sense": "to jump with a parachute",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "пры́гать с парашю́том"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to jump with a parachute",
      "word": "lanzarse en paracaídas"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to jump with a parachute",
      "word": "hoppa fallskärm"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "grà-dòot-rôm",
      "sense": "to jump with a parachute",
      "word": "กระโดดร่ม"
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