(~s, parachuting, ~d)
1.
A ~ 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 ~s...
N-COUNT: also by N
2.
If a person ~s or someone ~s them somewhere, they jump from an aircraft using a ~.
He was a courier for the Polish underground and ~d into Warsaw...
He was ~d in.
VERB: V prep/adv, be V-ed prep/adv
3.
To ~ something somewhere means to drop it somewhere by ~.
Supplies were ~d into the mountains.
= drop
VERB: V n prep/adv