The noun parallel has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (5) analogue, analog, parallel -- (something having the property of being analogous to something else)
2. (1) latitude, line of latitude, parallel of latitude, parallel -- (an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator)
Overview of verb parallel
The verb parallel has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (5) parallel -- (be parallel to; "Their roles are paralleled by ours")
2. (1) parallel, collimate -- (make or place parallel to something; "They paralleled the ditch to the highway")
3. twin, duplicate, parallel -- (duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse")
Overview of adj parallel
The adj parallel has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (10) parallel -- (being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting; "parallel lines never converge"; "concentric circles are parallel"; "dancers in two parallel rows")
2. parallel -- (of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations; "parallel processing")