parachute

1. Rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall (synset 103893954)
   is a type of: rescue equipment - equipment used to rescue passengers in case of emergency
   subtypes:

   • drogue, drogue chute, drogue parachute - 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
   • parasail - parachute that will lift a person up into the air when it is towed by a motorboat or a car
   has:

   • canopy - the umbrellalike part of a parachute that fills with air
   • harness - a support consisting of an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body (especially one supporting a person suspended from a parachute)
   • 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
   same as: chute

1. Jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute (synset 201972282)
   entail:

   • glide - fly in or as if in a glider plane
   • come down, descend, fall, go down - move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
   is a type of: dive, plunge, plunk - drop steeply
   subtypes: sky dive, skydive - jump from an airplane and perform various maneuvers before opening one's parachute
   same as: chute, jump

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