| chute | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. chute, parachute | rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall. |
| ~ 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. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. chute, slide, slideway, sloping trough | sloping channel through which things can descend. |
| ~ 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. |
| v. (motion) | 3. chute, jump, parachute | jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute. |
| ~ glide | fly in or as if in a glider plane. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ come down, descend, go down, fall | move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way.; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" |
| gutter | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. gutter, trough | a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater. |
| ~ channel | a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through.; "the fields were crossed with irrigation channels"; "gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street" |
| ~ slideway, sloping trough, chute, slide | sloping channel through which things can descend. |
| ~ cullis | a gutter in a roof. |
| ~ gable roof, saddle roof, saddleback roof, saddleback | a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end. |
| n. (state) | 2. gutter, sewer, toilet | misfortune resulting in lost effort or money.; "his career was in the gutter"; "all that work went down the sewer"; "pensions are in the toilet" |
| ~ bad luck, ill luck, tough luck, misfortune | an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes. |
| n. (person) | 3. gutter | a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.). |
| ~ worker | a person who works at a specific occupation.; "he is a good worker" |
| n. (artifact) | 4. gutter | a tool for gutting fish. |
| ~ hand tool | a tool used with workers' hands. |
| v. (weather) | 5. gutter | burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker.; "The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground" |
| ~ burn, glow | shine intensely, as if with heat.; "The coals were glowing in the dark"; "The candles were burning" |
| v. (motion) | 6. gutter | flow in small streams.; "Tears guttered down her face" |
| ~ course, flow, run, feed | move along, of liquids.; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" |
| v. (contact) | 7. gutter | wear or cut gutters into.; "The heavy rain guttered the soil" |
| ~ dig into, poke into, probe | examine physically with or as if with a probe.; "probe an anthill" |
| v. (consumption) | 8. gutter | provide with gutters.; "gutter the buildings" |
| ~ cater, ply, provide, supply | give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance.; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests" |
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