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to parachute

25 3.7
To jump from a plane and slow your fall by opening a cloth that fills with air
  • verb
  • /ˈpɛrəˌʃut/
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  • Before we parachuted into Normandy, we all painted our faces with warpaint, like Native Americans.

You let me parachute you into the Antarctic, you're cured, right?

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Examples

  • He parachuted in with the 101 st Airborne, night before the invasion.

    Saving Private Ryan (1998)

  • Mel and the crew parachuted, and as he tells it, fell 20,000 feet before pulling the parachute cord.

    Blog text (10)

  • Look, the guys will parachute in.

    Plane (2023)

  • So they parachute in with a, a, a pack around their waist with all their stuff on.

  • The American officer was to be parachuted into Morocco shortly before the invasion began.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • The highway is closed one day a year for those with sufficient nerve to parachute off into the gorge.

    Academic text (2001)

  • The skydivers will parachute from the plane during the aerial show.

  • On the weekend, she plans to parachute over the scenic mountains.

  • The soldiers parachuted into the field to begin their training exercise.

Synonyms

to jump
vsto parachute
365 4.7

To leave an aircraft and fall slowly using a parachute

has identical meaning but is a more general activity term
to skydive
vsto parachute
5 4.9

To jump from a plane and move in the air before opening a parachute

is the simpler descent lacking planned aerial tricks
to sky dive
vsto parachute
1 4.4

To jump from an airplane and do tricks before opening a parachute

is the basic descent without those acrobatic moves
to chute
vsto parachute
7.9

To jump from a plane and fall slowly using a parachute

has identical meaning but is a more technical term

Antonyms

to ascend
54 4.0

To move upward to a higher place, for example up a hill or into the sky

Compounds

golden parachute
  • Specialized
6 6.8

A large payment to a top manager when they leave after a takeover

drogue parachute
  • Specialized
6.9

A small parachute that slows something moving fast or helps open the main parachute

parachute jumper
3.9

A person who jumps from a plane using a large cloth to slow their fall

How Risky

to sky dive
1 4.4
to jump
365 4.7
to parachute
25 3.7

Surface Forms

parachute infinitive
parachuted past
parachuted past participle
parachuting present participle
parachutes third person singular

Etymology

To parachute as a verb comes from the same parts para- 'to protect' and chute 'fall'. So to parachute is to 'stop' a fall by using a parachute and come down safely from a plane.