parachutist

«parachutist» in Mova's school dictionary: A person who jumps from an aircraft and floats down using… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a parachutist, parachutists)

meaning for a pupil

A person who jumps from an aircraft and floats down using a parachute. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons about forces, a parachutist shows air resistance: the open parachute slows the fall by pushing against the air. In history, parachutists (paratroopers) were used in wars. In sport and charity events, people do parachute jumps or skydives.

examples

• The parachutist floated gently down to the field. tree →
• Air resistance slows the parachutist down. tree →
• The parachutist landed right in the middle of the target. tree →
• Our teacher was a parachutist for charity. tree →
• We made model parachutists from paper and string. tree →
• The parachutists jumped one after another from the plane. tree →

note

Countable. Parachute + -ist. Also "skydiver" for people who fall a long way before opening the parachute. Science note: a parachute does not stop gravity; it increases air resistance so you fall slower.

Trees and pragmatics

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