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chute

an inclined tube, trough, or shaft for conveying water, grain, etc. to a lower level; parachute
Not to be confused with:
shoot – to hit with a missile discharged from a weapon; to project, impel, hurl, cast, or throw
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chute

 (sho͞ot)
n.
1.
a. An inclined trough, passage, or channel through or down which things may pass.
b. A narrow, usually fenced passage for horses or cattle.
c. A usually straight extension of one side of an oval racetrack, used to start certain longer races so that the finish line can be kept on a straightaway in front of the stands or clubhouse.
d. A gated stall that is used to hold and release animals into an open area, especially horses and steers being ridden in a rodeo.
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.
Idiom:
out of the chute
At the very beginning; right away: Sales were strong right out of the chute.
[French, a fall, alteration (influenced by chu) of Old French cheoite, from feminine past participle of cheoir, to fall, from Vulgar Latin *cadēre, from Latin cadere; see kad- in Indo-European roots. Sense 3, short for parachute.]
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chute

(ʃuːt)
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. (Swimming, Water Sports & Surfing) a slide into a swimming pool
4. (Agriculture) a narrow passageway through which animals file for branding, spraying, etc
5. (Physical Geography) a rapid or waterfall
[C19: from Old French cheoite, feminine past participle of cheoir to fall, from Latin cadere; in some senses, a variant spelling of shoot]

chute

(ʃuːt)
n, vb
(Aeronautics) informal short for parachute
ˈchutist n
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chute1

(ʃut)

n., v. chut•ed, chut•ing. n.
1. an inclined channel, as a trough or shaft, for conveying water, grain, etc., to a lower level.
2. a waterfall or steep descent, as in a river.
3. a water slide, as at an amusement park.
4. a steep slope, as for tobogganing.
v.t.
5. to move or deposit, by or as if by means of a chute.
v.i.
6. to descend by or as if by means of a chute.
[1715–25; < French, Middle French < Old French cheoite a fall (< Vulgar Latin *cadēre, for Latin cadere; compare cadence, case1)]

chute2

(ʃut)

n., v. chut•ed, chut•ing. n.
1. a parachute.
v.i.
2. to descend from the air by parachute.
v.t.
3. to drop from an aircraft by parachute.
[1915–20, Amer.; by shortening]
chut′ist, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.chute - rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fallchute - 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
Verb1.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.
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Translations
قَناةٌ مُنْحَدِرَهمِظَلَّهمُنْحَدَرٌ يَلْعَبُ الأولادُ عَلَيْهِ
padákpeřejeskluzavkaskluzný žlab
faldskærmrutschebaneslidske
kourukuilulaskuvarjoränni
fallhlíffallrenna, sorprennarennibraut
latakaslovelisparašiutasšliuožynė
izpletnisslidkalniņšslīpa teknevads
sklzný žľab
atma kanalıkaydırma oluğukızakparaşüt

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) noun
1. a sloping channel for sending down water, rubbish etc.
2. a similar structure in a playground, for children to slide down.
3. a parachute.
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