parachute

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A large piece of fabric attached to a person or object so they fall slowly through the air.

   The pilot opened his parachute and floated safely to the ground.

2. 2
   verb

   To jump from an aircraft and come down using a parachute.

   The soldiers parachuted into the field at dawn.

Borrowed from French parachute, from para- (“protection against”) (as in parasol) and chute (“fall”).

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