Parachute vs Parachuted - What's the difference?
parachute | parachuted |
(aviation) A device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object.
(zoology) A web or fold of skin extending between the legs of gliding mammals, such as the flying squirrel and colugo.
(BDSM) A small collar which fastens around the scrotum and from which weights can be hung.
To jump, fall, descend, etc. using such a device.
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(parachute)
(aviation) A device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object.
(zoology) A web or fold of skin extending between the legs of gliding mammals, such as the flying squirrel and colugo.
(BDSM) A small collar which fastens around the scrotum and from which weights can be hung.
To jump, fall, descend, etc. using such a device.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
, volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= To be placed in an organisation in a position of seniority without having previous experience there.
As verbs the difference between parachute and parachuted
is that parachute is to jump, fall, descend, etc. using such a device while parachuted is past tense of parachute.As a noun parachute
is a device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object.parachute
English
Noun
(wikipedia parachute) (en noun)Derived terms
* parachutistVerb
(parachut)Fantasy of navigation, passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}
parachuted
English
Verb
(head)parachute
English
Noun
(wikipedia parachute) (en noun)Derived terms
* parachutistVerb
(parachut)Fantasy of navigation, passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}