PARACHUTE


Meaning of PARACHUTE in English

(~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

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