chute (redirected from shoots)

chute  (sht)

n.

1. An inclined trough, passage, or channel through or down which things may pass.

2. A waterfall or rapid.

3. A parachute.

v. chut·ed, chut·ing, chutes

v.tr.

To convey or deposit by a chute.

v.intr.

To go or descend by a chute.

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[French, a fall, alteration (influenced by chu) of Old French cheoite, from feminine past participle of cheoir, to fall, from Vulgar Latin *cadre, from Latin cadere; see kad- in Indo-European roots. Sense 3, short for parachute.]

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chute¹

n

1. an inclined channel or vertical passage down which water, parcels, coal, etc., may be dropped

2. (Individual Sports, other than specified) a steep slope, used as a slide as for toboggans

3. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Swimming, Water Sports & Surfing) a slide into a swimming pool

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a narrow passageway through which animals file for branding, spraying, etc.

5. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a rapid or waterfall

[from Old French cheoite, feminine past participle of cheoir to fall, from Latin cadere; in some senses, a variant spelling of shoot]

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chute²

n & vb

(Engineering / Aeronautics) Informal short for parachute

chutist  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	chute - rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall parachute canopy - the umbrellalike part of a parachute that fills with air drogue chute, drogue parachute, drogue - a parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving rapidly drogue parachute - a small parachute that pulls the main parachute from its storage pack harness - a support consisting of an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body (especially one supporting a person suspended from a parachute) parasail - parachute that will lift a person up into the air when it is towed by a motorboat or a car rescue equipment - equipment used to rescue passengers in case of emergency ripcord - a cord that is pulled to open a parachute from its pack during a descent shroud - a line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute static line - a cord used instead of a ripcord to open a parachute; the cord is attached at one end to the aircraft and temporarily attached to the pack of a parachute at the other; it opens the parachute after the jumper is clear of the plane
	2.	chute - sloping channel through which things can descend slideway, sloping trough, slide coal chute - a chute for coal gutter, trough - a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater runway - a chute down which logs can slide skid - one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects water chute - chute with flowing water down which toboggans and inner tubes and people slide into a pool
Verb	1.	chute - jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute parachute, jump dive, plunge, plunk - drop steeply; "the stock market plunged" sky dive, skydive - jump from an airplane and perform various maneuvers before opening one's parachute

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chute

noun slope, channel, slide, incline, runway, gutter, trough, ramp Passengers escaped from the plane by sliding down emergency chutes.

Translations

chute [ʃuːt] N

1. (for rubbish) → vertedero m

2. (Brit) (in playground, swimming pool) → tobogán m

3. (= parachute) → paracaídas m inv

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chute [ˈʃuːt] n

[plane] → glissière f

(also rubbish chute) → vide-ordures m inv

(in swimming pool) → toboggan m

(= parachute) → parachute m

(for coal) → déversoir m

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chute

n

→ Rutsche f; (= garbage chute) → Müllschlucker m

(= rapid in river) → Stromschnelle f

(inf: = parachute) → Fallschirm m

(in playground) → Rutschbahn f, → Rutsche f

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chute [ʃuːt] n (for parcels, coal, in swimming pool) → scivolo (also rubbish chute) → canale m di scarico (fam) = parachute

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chute [ʃuːt] n (for parcels, coal, in swimming pool) → scivolo (also rubbish chute) → canale m di scarico (fam) = parachute

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chute

n chute [ʃuːt]

1 a sloping channel for sending down water, rubbish etc. geut قَناةٌ مُنْحَدِرَه улей за спускане peřeje, skluzný žlab slidske der Abfallschacht κεκλιμένος αγωγός conducto renn هر گونه مسیر سرازیر که چیزی را در آن به پایین می فرستند kouru descente מִגְלָשָה ढालू प्रणाल, जलप्रपात brzica, strm žlijeb, jarak akna saluran fallrenna, sorprenna scivolo 落しどい (쓰레기, 물 등을 버리는) 미끄럼틀 vamzdis, latakas, lovelis slīpa tekne; vads pelongsor stortkoker sjakt, fallrenne zsyp, rynna conduta pantă; jgheab спускной желоб sklzný žľab korito, žleb strmi kanal störtränna, glidbana, sopnedkast ทางหรือช่องลาดเอียง kaydırma oluğu, atma kanalı 斜槽，傾卸槽 жолоб, сміттєпровід دھوان راستہ máng đổ rác 斜道

2 a similar structure in a playground, for children to slide down. glyplank مُنْحَدَرٌ يَلْعَبُ الأولادُ عَلَيْهِ детска пързалка skluzavka rutschebane die Rutsche τσουλήθρα tobogán liurada سرسره liukurata glissoire מִגלָשָה बच्चों के फिसलने के लिए बनायी गई संरचना spuštalica, tobogan csúszda luncuran rennibraut scivolo 滑り台 (놀이터의) 미끄럼틀 šliuožynė slidkalniņš papan gelongsor glijbaan rutsjebane zjeżdżalnia escorregadouro tobogan детская горка kĺzačka tobogan tobogan rutschkana กระดานลื่น kızak 滑梯 гірка کھیلوں کے میدان میں بچوں کے پھسلنے کے لئے ڈھلوان جگہ cầu trượt 滑运道

3 a parachute. valskerm مِظَلَّه парашут padák faldskærm der Fallschirm αλεξίπτωτο paracaídas langevari چتر نجات laskuvarjo parachute מִצנַח पैराशूट padobran ejtőernyő parasut fallhlíf paracadute パラシュート 낙하산 parašiutas izpletnis payung terjun parachute fallskjerm spadochron paraquedas paraşută парашют padák padalo padobran fallskärm ร่มชูชีพ paraşüt 降落傘 парашут پیرا شوٹ cái dù để nhảy 降落伞