How do you spell parachute in English?
Definition of parachute
- 1 : a device for slowing the descent of a person or object through the air that consists of a fabric canopy beneath which the person or object is suspended.
- 2 : patagium.
- 3 : a device or structure suggestive of a parachute in form, use, or operation.
What does parachuted mean?
to jump from an aircraft using a parachute: The plan is to parachute into the town. [ T usually + adv/prep ] to drop someone or something from an aircraft by parachute: [ often passive ] Thousands of leaflets were parachuted behind enemy lines.