(also informal chute) a device that is attached to people or objects to make them fall slowly and safely when they are dropped from an aircraft. It consists of a large piece of thin cloth that opens out in the air to form an umbrella shape:
Planes dropped supplies by parachute. * a parachute drop / jump * a parachute regiment
Part of speech: verb
1 [V] [usually +adv./prep.] to jump from an aircraft using a parachute:
The pilot was able to parachute to safety. * She regularly goes parachuting.
2 [VN+adv./prep.] to drop sb/sth from an aircraft by parachute:
Supplies were parachuted into the region.
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