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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
parachute
n 1: rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air
and retards your fall [syn: parachute, chute]
v 1: jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute [syn:
chute, parachute, jump]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Parachute \Par"a*chute\ (p[a^]r"[.a]*sh[=oo]t or
p[a^]r"[.a]*sh[udd]t), n. [F., fr. parer to ward off, guard +
chute a fall. See Parry, and Chute, Chance.]
[1913 Webster]
1. A device made of a piece of cloth, usually silk, attached
to multiple chords fastened to a harness; when attached to
a person or object falling through the air, it opens from
a folded configuration into an umbrella-shaped form, thus
slowing the rate of descent so that a safe descent and
landing may be made through the air from an airplane,
balloon, or other high point. It is commonly used for
descending to the ground from a flying airplane, as for
military operations (as of airborne troops) or in an
emergency, or for sport. In the case of use as a sport,
the descent from an airplane by parachute is called sky
diving. Some older versions of parachute were more rigid,
and were shaped somewhat in the form of an umbrella.
2. (Zool.) A web or fold of skin which extends between the
legs of certain mammals, as the flying squirrels, colugo,
and phalangister.
[1913 Webster]
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
parachute \par"a*chute\, v. i.
TO descend to th ground from an airplane or other high place
using a parachute; as, when the plane stalled, he parachuted
safely to the ground.
[PJC]
golden parachute a generous set of financial benefits,
including severance pay, provided by contract to a
high-level corporate employee in the event s/he is
dismissed or his/her job is lost in a corporate takeover
or merger; also, the contract providing for such benefits.
drogue parachute a small parachute that is first released
and opened in order to more reliably deploy a larger
parachute. Also called drogue.
[PJC] parachuter
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4. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) |
Parachute, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
Population (2000): 1006
Housing Units (2000): 415
Land area (2000): 1.181871 sq. miles (3.061033 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.047887 sq. miles (0.124026 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.229758 sq. miles (3.185059 sq. km)
FIPS code: 57400
Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location: 39.451732 N, 108.051530 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Parachute, CO
Parachute
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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