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| n. (artifact) | 1. chute, parachute | rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall. |
| ~ canopy | the umbrellalike part of a parachute that fills with air. |
| ~ drogue chute, drogue parachute, drogue | a parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving rapidly. |
| ~ drogue parachute | a small parachute that pulls the main parachute from its storage pack. |
| ~ harness | a support consisting of an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body (especially one supporting a person suspended from a parachute). |
| ~ parasail | parachute that will lift a person up into the air when it is towed by a motorboat or a car. |
| ~ rescue equipment | equipment used to rescue passengers in case of emergency. |
| ~ ripcord | a cord that is pulled to open a parachute from its pack during a descent. |
| ~ shroud | a line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute. |
| ~ static line | a cord used instead of a ripcord to open a parachute; the cord is attached at one end to the aircraft and temporarily attached to the pack of a parachute at the other; it opens the parachute after the jumper is clear of the plane. |
| v. (motion) | 2. chute, jump, parachute | jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute. |
| ~ glide | fly in or as if in a glider plane. |
| ~ dive, plunge, plunk | drop steeply.; "the stock market plunged" |
| ~ sky dive, skydive | jump from an airplane and perform various maneuvers before opening one's parachute. |
| ~ come down, descend, go down, fall | move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way.; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" |
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