Meaning

1 senses
  1. To be in freefall after jumping from an aircraft and landing safely by deploying a parachute.

    Fallschirm springen

    пры́гнуть с парашютомprýgnutʹ s parašutom

More definitions
  • jump from an airplane and perform various maneuvers before opening one's parachute

Examples

32 sentences
  1. Tom enjoys skydiving and scuba diving.

  2. Tom told me he had been skydiving since he was sixteen.

  3. Tom told me that he had been skydiving since he was sixteen.

    deTom sagte mir, dass er schon Fallschirm springt, seit er sechzehn war. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Skydiving isn't my idea of fun.

  5. Tom wanted to skydive on his 30th birthday.

Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
be in freefall:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
be in freefall:

Origin

From sky + dive.

From sky + dive.

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Forms

skydives, skydiving, skydived, skydived
Base formskydive · to skydive
3rd person singularskydives
Present participleskydiving
Past simpleskydived / skydove
Past participleskydived

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyskydive
he, she, itskydives

Past simpleLesson

all personsskydived

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave skydived
he, she, ithas skydived

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill skydive

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • jump from an airplane and perform various maneuvers before opening one's parachute:sky dive

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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