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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Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 11 May 2026
With 12 teams from across the country in attendance, including team Philadelphia and team New Jersey, the veterans were honored in a ceremony that featured an all-veteran parachute team.
—Krystle Rich, CBS News, 11 May 2026
Vasco Cotovio, CNN Money, 10 May 2026
Meanwhile, British Army paratroopers parachuted with medical supplies and clinicians down to Tristan da Cunha, the remote British island territory in the South Atlantic where a man who was a former passenger on the ship remains in isolation after developing symptoms of the virus.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
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Noun
The operation marks the first time the United Kingdom's military has sent medical personnel by parachute to provide humanitarian support, according to the British Ministry of Defense.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 11 May 2026
With 12 teams from across the country in attendance, including team Philadelphia and team New Jersey, the veterans were honored in a ceremony that featured an all-veteran parachute team.
—Krystle Rich, CBS News, 11 May 2026
Verb
The team, consisting of six paratroopers and two military clinicians, parachuted from a transport aircraft, while vital oxygen supplies and other medical aid were air dropped almost simultaneously.
—Vasco Cotovio, CNN Money, 10 May 2026
Meanwhile, British Army paratroopers parachuted with medical supplies and clinicians down to Tristan da Cunha, the remote British island territory in the South Atlantic where a man who was a former passenger on the ship remains in isolation after developing symptoms of the virus.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
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“Parachute.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parachute. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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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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