Definition of parachute in English:
parachute
noun ˈparəʃuːtˈpɛrəˌʃut
A cloth canopy which fills with air and allows a person or heavy object attached to it to descend slowly when dropped from an aircraft, or which is released from the rear of an aircraft on landing to act as a brake.
the saviour of many pilots has been the parachutethe planes came over the coast and started to drop supplies by parachuteas modifier a parachute regiment- It is a site chosen to be warm enough for Beagle to work and low enough for Beagle's parachutes to allow a safe landing.
- Voskhod capsules also had larger parachutes to permit ground landings.
- In total, they had 10,000 men who could be dropped by parachute and they had a total attack force of 22, 500 men.
- Brightly-coloured parachutes can be seen descending through the clouds and aeroplanes constantly criss-cross the skies.
- Nick points to three parachutes opening and falling slowly towards the ground, one landing on a nearby rooftop.
- The air vehicle is not fitted with conventional landing gear but instead achieves an accurate landing using a parachute and airbags.
- In 1922, Soviet soldiers were dropped successfully by parachute from aircraft.
- There are also attachments on the vest to enable the dog to be dropped by parachute, or hauled up via a rope.
- The crates are fitted with parachutes and dropped from airplanes into Afghanistan.
- Keahi would fly in low on autopilot, the five would throw out their heavy supplies on parachutes, then jump by parachute themselves.
- They converted them to radio control and use them to drop parachutes for testing, far cheaper than the Blackhawk helicopters they were using for these tests.
- Once found, we then drop 2-liter bottles of water attached to parachutes.
- Safety rules published in the British Parachute Association Operations Manual state that parachutists must have at least two ‘airworthy parachutes attached to a common harness’.
- He was dropped by parachute at Arnhem and advanced into Germany.
- Donny Brass developed cardboard refrigerator boxes with three-ply walls to safely and accurately deliver rations to refugees without using heavy crates or parachutes.
- Furthermore, the recovery of the experiment hardware after a nominal soft landing under parachute allows for its re-use in future missions.
- Paragliding is the act of strapping on a parachute and running off the top of a cliff, where upward air currents fill the parachute and allow you to glide.
- Foton doesn't rely only on parachutes for its soft landing: there is also a retro-rocket system that ignites as the package nears the ground.
- A thousand feet later, he opened his parachute for a landing.
- Prosthetic limbs are dropped by parachute to a wind blown field hospital for land mine victims.
verb ˈparəʃuːtˈpɛrəˌʃut
1Drop from an aircraft by parachute.
no object airborne units parachuted in to secure the airportwith object an air operation to parachute relief supplies into the region- The other nine were able to safely parachute from the aircraft.
- During the Shaba rebellion in the 1970s the US organised a military airlift and France parachuted in legionnaires to crush Mobutu's enemies.
- The group parachuted in and set up airborne operations. It was a great feat.
- As the crewmen parachuted into the water their ejection seats transformed into emergency inflatable dinghies.
- This time his tasks included lying in ambush for the Germans and picking up supplies parachuted in by the RAF.
- Under the command of Major Warden, the small commando unit is parachuted in and begins an overland march to the site of the bridge.
- British and Polish air troops together with the Polish brigade under the leadership of Sosabowski were parachuted in.
- Sheriff was blinded by a German mortar bomb seven hours after he parachuted in 1944.
- Paratroopers who parachuted in will be lifted by crane back to their helicopters.
- The assassinations and executions were to be carried out by agents already in place in the occupied countries or by agents parachuted in specifically for the task.
- When I first travelled to this extraordinary land more than 30 years ago, it was with the French Foreign Legion, who had just parachuted into the copper-mining town of Kolwezi to put down a rebellion.
- The American 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions parachuted into a deliberately flooded zone at the base of the Cotentin Peninsula.
- All three crew members parachuted from the aircraft, landing safely in West Germany and were recovered by US / Allied troops.
- Sixty years after he parachuted into battle at Arnhem, Yorkshire veteran Tom Hicks descended once again from the skies to mark its anniversary.
2Appoint or be appointed in an emergency or from outside the existing hierarchy.
with object the former Conservative minister was controversially parachuted into the safe seat- It would have been more of a surprise had an external candidate been parachuted in - this is a job that presupposes a certain measure of internal continuity.
- While we all want to do all we can, having police teams at the college feels like we've been parachuted into a film without knowing the plot.
- He was parachuted into Jacqmar, a women's fashion subsidiary, and his interest in retail was born.
- It was also a good election for cronyism with a number of former special advisers being parachuted in.
- At that time, Capellas had been at the helm of the computer giant for around a year, having been parachuted in to replace Eckhard Pfeiffer and push the company to the forefront of the internet economy.
- They parachuted in councillors no one had ever seen before, none of whom had ever even sat on a fire authority.
- Timmins was parachuted into Las Vegas to oversee the opening, and it quickly became obvious that the debts would need refinancing.
- The Irishman was parachuted in from Australia, untested at running an opera house but well intentioned.
- It helps to know what living in the village is like as it feels odd to be parachuted into this weird little world populated by 10,000 athletes.
- Plus, some hedge funds have former CEOs and CFOs on their payrolls, ready to be parachuted in at a moment's notice.
- They all seemed to have been parachuted into these jobs - they didn't have a clue.
- It was just parachuted in at the last minute, and for no good reason that I can see.
- After casting around for a new CEO, the board parachuted in Stuart Rose.
- I wasn't being parachuted in to a community, I was actually part of it, so I was able to look at it and do things with it in a way that nobody else could at that time.
- Experienced teachers from neighbouring schools were parachuted in.
- When Keith Skerman was parachuted in 18 months ago, hopes were high that he would drag the department from the bottom of the national league tables.
Origin
Late 18th century: from French para- 'protection against' + chute 'fall'.
This was originally a French coinage from the combining form para- ‘protection against’ and French chute ‘fall’.
Definition of parachute in US English:
parachute
nounˈperəˌSHo͞otˈpɛrəˌʃut
A cloth canopy which fills with air and allows a person or heavy object attached to it to descend slowly when dropped from an aircraft, or which is released from the rear of an aircraft on landing to act as a brake.
- Furthermore, the recovery of the experiment hardware after a nominal soft landing under parachute allows for its re-use in future missions.
- There are also attachments on the vest to enable the dog to be dropped by parachute, or hauled up via a rope.
- Voskhod capsules also had larger parachutes to permit ground landings.
- Donny Brass developed cardboard refrigerator boxes with three-ply walls to safely and accurately deliver rations to refugees without using heavy crates or parachutes.
- Keahi would fly in low on autopilot, the five would throw out their heavy supplies on parachutes, then jump by parachute themselves.
- Safety rules published in the British Parachute Association Operations Manual state that parachutists must have at least two ‘airworthy parachutes attached to a common harness’.
- In total, they had 10,000 men who could be dropped by parachute and they had a total attack force of 22, 500 men.
- They converted them to radio control and use them to drop parachutes for testing, far cheaper than the Blackhawk helicopters they were using for these tests.
- It is a site chosen to be warm enough for Beagle to work and low enough for Beagle's parachutes to allow a safe landing.
- Brightly-coloured parachutes can be seen descending through the clouds and aeroplanes constantly criss-cross the skies.
- The air vehicle is not fitted with conventional landing gear but instead achieves an accurate landing using a parachute and airbags.
- Paragliding is the act of strapping on a parachute and running off the top of a cliff, where upward air currents fill the parachute and allow you to glide.
- In 1922, Soviet soldiers were dropped successfully by parachute from aircraft.
- The crates are fitted with parachutes and dropped from airplanes into Afghanistan.
- Foton doesn't rely only on parachutes for its soft landing: there is also a retro-rocket system that ignites as the package nears the ground.
- He was dropped by parachute at Arnhem and advanced into Germany.
- A thousand feet later, he opened his parachute for a landing.
- Once found, we then drop 2-liter bottles of water attached to parachutes.
- Nick points to three parachutes opening and falling slowly towards the ground, one landing on a nearby rooftop.
- Prosthetic limbs are dropped by parachute to a wind blown field hospital for land mine victims.
verbˈperəˌSHo͞otˈpɛrəˌʃut
1Drop or cause to drop from an aircraft by parachute.
no object airborne units parachuted in to secure the airportwith object an air operation to parachute relief supplies into Bosnia- All three crew members parachuted from the aircraft, landing safely in West Germany and were recovered by US / Allied troops.
- The American 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions parachuted into a deliberately flooded zone at the base of the Cotentin Peninsula.
- Paratroopers who parachuted in will be lifted by crane back to their helicopters.
- The other nine were able to safely parachute from the aircraft.
- The group parachuted in and set up airborne operations. It was a great feat.
- When I first travelled to this extraordinary land more than 30 years ago, it was with the French Foreign Legion, who had just parachuted into the copper-mining town of Kolwezi to put down a rebellion.
- During the Shaba rebellion in the 1970s the US organised a military airlift and France parachuted in legionnaires to crush Mobutu's enemies.
- British and Polish air troops together with the Polish brigade under the leadership of Sosabowski were parachuted in.
- The assassinations and executions were to be carried out by agents already in place in the occupied countries or by agents parachuted in specifically for the task.
- Under the command of Major Warden, the small commando unit is parachuted in and begins an overland march to the site of the bridge.
- Sheriff was blinded by a German mortar bomb seven hours after he parachuted in 1944.
- Sixty years after he parachuted into battle at Arnhem, Yorkshire veteran Tom Hicks descended once again from the skies to mark its anniversary.
- This time his tasks included lying in ambush for the Germans and picking up supplies parachuted in by the RAF.
- As the crewmen parachuted into the water their ejection seats transformed into emergency inflatable dinghies.
2Appoint or be appointed in an emergency or from outside the existing hierarchy.
an old crony of the CEO was controversially parachuted into the job- It would have been more of a surprise had an external candidate been parachuted in - this is a job that presupposes a certain measure of internal continuity.
- It helps to know what living in the village is like as it feels odd to be parachuted into this weird little world populated by 10,000 athletes.
- They parachuted in councillors no one had ever seen before, none of whom had ever even sat on a fire authority.
- At that time, Capellas had been at the helm of the computer giant for around a year, having been parachuted in to replace Eckhard Pfeiffer and push the company to the forefront of the internet economy.
- While we all want to do all we can, having police teams at the college feels like we've been parachuted into a film without knowing the plot.
- The Irishman was parachuted in from Australia, untested at running an opera house but well intentioned.
- Timmins was parachuted into Las Vegas to oversee the opening, and it quickly became obvious that the debts would need refinancing.
- Plus, some hedge funds have former CEOs and CFOs on their payrolls, ready to be parachuted in at a moment's notice.
- He was parachuted into Jacqmar, a women's fashion subsidiary, and his interest in retail was born.
- Experienced teachers from neighbouring schools were parachuted in.
- When Keith Skerman was parachuted in 18 months ago, hopes were high that he would drag the department from the bottom of the national league tables.
- It was also a good election for cronyism with a number of former special advisers being parachuted in.
- It was just parachuted in at the last minute, and for no good reason that I can see.
- They all seemed to have been parachuted into these jobs - they didn't have a clue.
- I wasn't being parachuted in to a community, I was actually part of it, so I was able to look at it and do things with it in a way that nobody else could at that time.
- After casting around for a new CEO, the board parachuted in Stuart Rose.
Origin
Late 18th century: from French para- ‘protection against’ + chute ‘fall’.