parachute
(pærəʃuːt )
Word forms: parachutes , parachuting , parachuted
1. countable noun [oft by NOUN] B2
A parachute is a device which enables a person to jump from an aircraft and float safely to the ground. It consists of a large piece of thin cloth attached to your body by strings.
They fell 41,000 ft. before opening their parachutes.
Troops could be landed by helicopter or even by parachute.
2. verb B2
If a person parachutes or someone parachutes them somewhere, they jump from an aircraft using a parachute.
He was a courier for the Polish underground and parachuted into Warsaw. [VERB preposition/adverb]
He was parachuted in. [be VERB-ed preposition/adverb]
3. verb
To parachute something somewhere means to drop it somewhere by parachute.
Planes parachuted food and water into the rugged mountainous border region. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]
Supplies were parachuted into the mountains. [be VERB-ed preposition/adverb]
4. verb
If a person parachutes into an organization or if they are parachuted into it, they are brought in suddenly in order to help it.
...a consultant who parachutes into corporations and helps provide strategic thinking. [V into]
There was intense speculation 18 months ago that the former foreign secretary might be parachuted into the Scottish Parliament. [be VERB-ed + into]
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Collocations:
parachute opens parachute silk parachute training
Extraordinary footage from his helmet camera shows the daredevil going into a face-first freefall before his parachute opens at the last moment.
The Sun
Over dodgy music, you can just hear her relief as the parachute opens.
The Sun
And then the parachute opens.
Times, Sunday Times
An object drops from its belly, fluttering in the wind as its parachute opens, allowing it to land softly on a hilltop.
Times, Sunday Times
For simple kicks and thrills, you should look no farther than being in a returning spacecraft when the parachute opens.
Times, Sunday Times
And parachute silk, that's nice and, um, billowy, isn't it?
Times, Sunday Times
We stifled giggles watching a scary-looking performance artist stuffing yellow parachute silk into her mouth.
The Sun
His parachute silk was found by the fuselage for use as shelter and the aircraft radio and battery were beside it.
The Sun
The 18th-century references were unmistakable, as was the inference from zippered boiler suits in shiny parachute silk.
Times, Sunday Times
They'll all be in parachute silk and techno nylon, or maybe denim.
Times, Sunday Times
He now works as an instructor to other troops undergoing parachute training.
The Sun
Yet it will be more than two years after the incident before all parachute training includes radios.
The Sun
His parachute training kicked in and, as everyone gasped, the 85-year-old rolled down the steps, stood up, and dusted down his trousers, beaming to the crowds.
Times, Sunday Times
A former para, he was offered a medical discharge from the army when he developed stress fractures in his right leg as a result of parachute training.
Times, Sunday Times
They were used mostly in regional aeroclubs for pilot training, parachute training, transport, and glider towing. 21 were used as air ambulances.
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Translations:
Chinese: 降落伞, 跳伞
Japanese: パラシュート, 落下傘降下する
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