parachute

[US]/ˈpærəʃuːt/
[UK]/ˈpærəʃuːt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a device designed to slow the descent of a person or object as it falls from an aircraft, used for safety purposes
vt. & vi. to descend with the aid of a parachute

Phrases & Collocations

parachute jump

golden parachute

Example Sentences

The man parachuted safely to the ground.

a parachute in a backpack; an astronaut's backpack.

The parachute puffed all around.

Please release the parachute when there is an emergency.

They parachuted food to us.

They parachuted to the ground safely.

a parachute can be used to obviate disaster.

the parachute keeps the cable under tension as it drops.

he was volunteered for parachute training by friends.

used parachutes were scattered across the DZ.

a trefoil of parachutes lowers the shuttle's used rockets to Earth.

Do you still want to do this parachute jump or are you getting cold feet?

The gecko has a patagium that allows it to parachute orglide down from its tree top home.

The sky diver had a plunge of more than 10, 000 feet before his parachute opened.

The black cord is the parachute attachment cable, which consisted of a plastic wapped high-tensile steel cable...

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