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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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chute ¹ [shoot]

Noun

a steep sloping channel or passage down which things may be dropped [Old French cheoite fallen]

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chute ²

Noun

Informal short for parachute

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

Translations

chute [ʃuːt] n (also: rubbish chute) → vertedero;

(BRIT) (= children's slide); tobogán m

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chute [ʃuːt] n → goulotte f;

(also: rubbish chute) → vide-ordures m inv;

(Brit) (= children's slide); toboggan m

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chute [ʃuːt] n (also: rubbish chute) → Müllschlucker m;

(for coal, parcels etc) → Rutsche f;

(Brit) (slide) → Rutschbahn f, Rutsche f

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chute [ʃuːt] n → cascata;

(also: rubbish chute) → canale m di scarico;

(BRIT) (= children's slide); scivolo

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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 활송(滑送) 장치 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 斜道 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 낙하산 šliuožynė slidkalniņš papan gelongsor glijbaan rutsjebane zjeżdżalnia escorregadouro tobogan детская горка kĺzačka tobogan tobogan rutschkana กระดานลื่น kızak 滑梯，滑運道 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 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