DROGUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does drogue mean? 

• DROGUE (noun)
  The noun DROGUE has 4 senses:

1. a funnel-shaped device towed as a target by an airplane

2. a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind

3. restraint consisting of a canvas covered frame that floats behind a vessel; prevents drifting or maintains the heading into a wind

4. a parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving rapidly

  Familiarity information: DROGUE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DROGUE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A funnel-shaped device towed as a target by an airplane

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("drogue" is a kind of...):

mark; target (a reference point to shoot at)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

air-sleeve; air sock; drogue; sock; wind cone; wind sleeve; wind sock; windsock

Hypernyms ("drogue" is a kind of...):

visual signal (a signal that involves visual communication)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Restraint consisting of a canvas covered frame that floats behind a vessel; prevents drifting or maintains the heading into a wind

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

drogue; sea anchor

Hypernyms ("drogue" is a kind of...):

constraint; restraint (a device that retards something's motion)

Holonyms ("drogue" is a part of...):

ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving rapidly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

drogue; drogue chute; drogue parachute

Hypernyms ("drogue" is a kind of...):

chute; parachute (rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall)

 Context examples 

Analysis of the images indicates what appears to be a partially deployed configuration, with what is thought to be the rear cover with its pilot/drogue chute (still attached) and main parachute close by.

('Lost' 2003 Mars Lander Found by Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA)