skydive
skydive · skydives · skydived / skydove · skydiving
прыгнуть с парашютом
Fallschirm springen
To be in freefall after jumping from an aircraft and landing safely by deploying a…To be in freefall after jumping from an aircraft and landing safely by deploying a parachute.
/ˈskaɪˌdaɪv/
» Tom enjoys skydiving and scuba diving.
Meaning
1 sensesTo 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 sentencesTom enjoys skydiving and scuba diving.
Tom told me he had been skydiving since he was sixteen.
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
Skydiving isn't my idea of fun.
Tom wanted to skydive on his 30th birthday.
Translations
2 languagesРусский
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, skydivedSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- jump from an airplane and perform various maneuvers before opening one's parachute:sky dive
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle