- 1[intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to jump from an aircraft using a parachute The pilot was able to parachute to safety. She regularly goes parachuting.
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- 2[transitive] parachute somebody/something + adv./prep. to drop someone or something from an aircraft by parachute Supplies were parachuted into the region.
parachute
verbNAmE//ˈpærəˌʃut//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they parachute he / she / it parachutes
past simple parachuted
-ing form parachuting
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