I. par‧a‧chute¹ /ˈpærəʃuːt/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1700-1800; Language: French; Origin: para- (as in parasol) + chute 'fall']
a piece of equipment fastened to the back of people who jump out of planes, which makes them fall slowly and safely to the ground:
a parachute jump

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II. parachute² verb

1. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to jump from a plane using a parachute
parachute into
They parachuted into Vietnam in 1968.

2. [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to drop something from a plane with a parachute
parachute something to/into something
Supplies have been parachuted into the area.

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parachute
noun
VERB + PARACHUTE pack
PARACHUTE + VERB open | fail to open
PARACHUTE + NOUN descent, drop, jump He made his first parachute jump at the age of seventy.
instructor
PREP. by ~ Supplies were dropped by parachute.

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