jettison

«jettison» in Mova's school dictionary: to throw it out of a ship, plane or spacecraft to make it… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (jettison, jettisons, jettisoned, jettisoning)

meaning for a pupil

1) To jettison something is to throw it out of a ship, plane or spacecraft to make it lighter, often in an emergency. tree →

2) To jettison an idea or plan is to drop it or give it up because it is not useful. tree →

sense in the lessons

Science and space lessons: rockets jettison empty fuel tanks. Stories: sailors jettison cargo in a storm. Everyday and formal: «jettison the plan».

examples

• The rocket jettisoned its empty boosters. tree →
• The sailors jettisoned the cargo to stop the ship sinking. tree →
• The pilot jettisoned fuel before landing. tree →
• We jettisoned our first idea and started again. tree →
• The balloonists jettisoned sandbags to rise higher. tree →
• The company jettisoned the old logo. tree →

note

Regular: jettisoned (one «n»). Say «JET-ih-sun». Similar: dump, discard, ditch.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «jettison» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.