para·chute
ˈper-ə-ˌshüt 
ˈpa-rə-
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
parachuted; parachuting
: to convey by means of a parachute
: to descend by means of a parachute
Examples of parachute in a Sentence
Noun
The pilot was wearing a parachute.
The supplies were dropped by parachute.
Verb
The soldiers parachuted in and quickly hid their gear.
New troops parachuted into enemy territory.
We will parachute supplies in after you arrive.
New troops were parachuted into enemy territory.
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Marni Jameson, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2025
The parachute-jumping was in the Amazon.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Ben Morse, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
Videos posted to Instagram by a local climber, Charles Winstead show what appears to be several BASE jumpers parachuting down from Yosemite’s famous granite monolith, El Capitan.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 13 Oct. 2025
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Noun
For someone like me who needs to nest like an osprey, moving from my home of eight years to nowhere feels like falling out of a plane with no parachute.
—Marni Jameson, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2025
The parachute-jumping was in the Amazon.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
Flacco was parachuted into Cincinnati following the long-term toe injury suffered by Joe Burrow and the streaky play of back-up passer Jake Browning.
—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
Videos posted to Instagram by a local climber, Charles Winstead show what appears to be several BASE jumpers parachuting down from Yosemite’s famous granite monolith, El Capitan.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Parachute.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parachute. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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parachute
1 of 2 noun
para·chute
ˈpar-ə-ˌshüt
1
: a folding umbrella-shaped device of light fabric used especially for making a safe jump from an aircraft
2
: something (as the bunch of hairs on a dandelion seed) that is like a parachute in form, use, or operation
parachute
2 of 2 verb
parachuted; parachuting
: to transport or come down by means of a parachute
parachutist
noun
-ˌshüt-əst
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