0 present participle of chaperone --
1 (especially in the past) to stay with and take care of a young woman who is not married when she is in public: --
Gaucher's disease has recently become a target for more than one effort at pharmacological chaperoning, which involves the use of orally administered drugs that operate at a molecular level.
She should have been chaperoning the party.
They arrange a date for the evening, with the friend insisting upon chaperoning.
In the absence of school teachers, the dorm inspectors would take the place of chaperoning the students and their activities.
Teachers receive additional compensation at $40 per hour for functions like: chaperoning, taking tickets at events, ticket sellers, scorekeepers and clock operators at events.
As the authors hint, many of these parents are aware that such chaperoning practices rub up against how many of these parents who would like to raise children.
They are aware of the dangers of constantly chaperoning their children and of extending their child's childhood up to the age when it leaves school.
One needs to consider the degree of supervision, care and chaperoning of young people.
