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parachute
1. A device consisting of a canopy attached to a harness that is used to slow the speed at which a person or object drops from an aircraft.
2. A folding, umbrellalike, fabric device with cords supporting a harness or straps for allowing a person, object, package, etc., to float down safely through the air from a great height; especially, from an aircraft.
2. A folding, umbrellalike, fabric device with cords supporting a harness or straps for allowing a person, object, package, etc., to float down safely through the air from a great height; especially, from an aircraft.
It is rendered effective by the resistance of the air that expands it during the descent and so, it reduces the velocity of the fall.
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par-, para-
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You don't need a parachute to skydive; you only need a parachute to skydive twice.
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paraprosdokian, paraprosdokia
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“parachute”
parachute (verb), parachutes; parachuted; parachuting
1. To jump or to leap from a flying vehicle while wearing a device designed to retard the progress of the person during the drop towards the earth: On the weekend, Horace would go to the airfield to parachute with his friends who were in the air force.
2. Etymology: from French parachute; from para-, "defense against" + -chute, "a fall."
2. Etymology: from French parachute; from para-, "defense against" + -chute, "a fall."
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Words of French origin
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