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    parachute
    I
    par‧a‧chute1 /ˈpærəʃuːt/ noun [countable]
     Date: 1700-1800
     Language: French
     Origin: para- (as in parasol) + chute 'fall'

    a piece of equipment fastened to the back of people who jump out of planes, which makes them fall slowly and safely to the ground:
        a parachute jump

    II
    parachute2 verb
    1. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to jump from a plane using a parachute
        parachute into
        They parachuted into Vietnam in 1968.
    2. [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to drop something from a plane with a parachute
        parachute something to/into something
        Supplies have been parachuted into the area.