Parachute

Noun

 * 1)  A device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object.

Verb

 * 1) To jump, fall, descend, etc. using such a device.
 * 2) To be placed in an organization in a position of seniority without having previous experience there.

Adjectives for Parachute
golden; drogue; powered; motorized; playground; ballistic; reserve; military-grade.

Verbs for Parachute
bale out with—; dangle on—; float on—; fold—; foul—; inspect—; knot—; leap with—; pack—; patch—; provide with—; repair—; rig—; tug at—; twist—; —checks; —en¬twines; —expands; —protects; —resists; —safeguards; —settles; —tangles; —unfolds.

Thesaurus
Mae West, bail out, breeches buoy, brolly, buoy, cascade, cataract, chute, collapse, come down, cork jacket, crash, descend, dip down, dive, down, drogue chute, drop, drop down, drop off, ejection capsule, ejection seat, ejector seat, fall, fall down, fall off, go down, go downhill, gravitate, harness, jump, life belt, life buoy, life jacket, life net, life preserver, life raft, life ring, life vest, lifeboat, lifeline, lose altitude, nose-dive, pack, parachute jump, pitch, plop, plummet, plump, plunge, plunk, pounce, pounce on, pounce upon, pour down, precipitate, rain, rubber dinghy, safety belt, shroud lines, skin-dive, sky dive, sky-dive, sound, stoop, swoop, swoop down, take a header, trend downward, umbrella, vent, water wings

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/'p{r@Su:t/}}

Etymology
From parachute:, from para-: (as in parasol:) and chute:.

Related terms

 * parapente
 * parasail
 * paratrooper

Derived terms

 * parachutist

Noun

 * Albanian: parashutë
 * Arabic: براشوت
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: jausgailu, paraxut
 * Breton: harz-lamm
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: paracaigudes
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: faldskærm
 * Dutch: parachute, valscherm
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: langevari
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:


 * Hebrew: מצנח
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido: ,
 * Interlingua: paracadita
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 落下傘, パラシュート
 * Korean: (落下傘)
 * Kurdish:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: падобран
 * Roman: padobran
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese: cái dù

Verb

 * Bulgarian: скачам с парашут
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * German: mit dem Fallschirm abspringen
 * Hungarian: ejtőernyőzik
 * Russian: прыгать с парашютом (prýgat’ s parašútom)
 * Spanish: lanzarse en paracaídas

Noun

 * 1) parachute

Etymology
From para-: (as in parasol:) and chute:.

Anagrams

 * crapahute, crapahuté