'Parachute' definitions:
Definition of 'parachute'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Parachute'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'parachute'
From: GCIDE
- 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
Synonyms of 'parachute'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Mae West,
- 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
Parachute, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.