HyperDic: parachute

English > 2 senses of the word *parachute*:
NOUN	artifact	parachute, chute	rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
VERB	motion	parachute, chute, jump	jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute

parachute > pronunciation
Sounds	peh'rahshuw.t
Rhymes	absolute ... uproot: 83 rhymes with uwt...

English > *parachute*: 2 senses > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall.
Synonym	chute
Parts	canopy	The umbrellalike part of a parachute that fills with air
	harness	A support consisting of an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body (especially one supporting a person suspended from a parachute)
	ripcord	A cord that is pulled to open a parachute from its pack during a descent
	shroud	A line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute
	static line	A cord used instead of a ripcord to open a parachute
Narrower	drogue, drogue chute, drogue parachute	A parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving rapidly
	drogue parachute	A small parachute that pulls the main parachute from its storage pack
	parasail	parachute that will lift a person up into the air when it is towed by a motorboat or a car
Broader	rescue equipment	equipment used to rescue passengers in case of emergency
Spanish	paracaídas
Catalan	paracaiguda, paracaigudes
Nouns	parachutist	a person who jumps from aircraft using a parachute
Verbs	parachute	jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute

English > *parachute*: 2 senses > verb 1, motion
Meaning	Jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute.
Pattern	Somebody ----s
Synonyms	chute, jump
Entails	descend, fall, go down, come down	Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
Entails	glide	fly in or as if in a glider plane
Narrower	sky dive, skydive	Jump from an airplane and perform various maneuvers before opening one's parachute
Broader	dive, plunge, plunk	Drop steeply
Nouns	parachute	rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
	parachuting	descent with a parachute
	parachutist, parachuter	a person who jumps from aircraft using a parachute

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