(transitive) To protect with, or as if with, a parasol; to shade.

A passage in text that starts on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented, and usually marks a change of topic.

To sort text into paragraphs. / To publish a brief article, notice, or announcement, as in a newspaper.

A pattern, a way of doing something, especially (now often derogatory) a pattern of thought, a system of beliefs, a conceptual framework. / An example serving as the model for such a pattern.

(aviation) A device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object or person, causing them to float instead of falling.

(intransitive) To jump, fall, descend, etc. using such a device. / (transitive) To introduce into a place using such a device.

(chiefly religion) The place where sanctified souls are believed to live after death. / (Abrahamic religions) A garden where Adam and Eve first lived after being created.

To place (as) in paradise. / (obsolete) To transform into a paradise. / (obsolete, rare) To affect or exalt with visions of happiness.

A short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy.

(transitive) To represent by parable.