noun
Meaning 1
An instance of skydiving.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
skydive
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈskaɪˌdaɪv/
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CMU ARPABET: S K AY1 D AY0 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To be in freefall after jumping from an aircraft and landing safely by deploying a parachute.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
jump from an airplane and perform various maneuvers before opening one's parachute
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sky dive
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chute, parachute, jump
History
Etymology
From sky + dive.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 高空跳傘 /高空跳伞 (gāokōng tiàosǎn) — an instance of skydiving
- Finnish: laskuvarjohyppy — an instance of skydiving
- Finnish: taivassukellus — an instance of skydiving
- German: Fallschirmsprung — an instance of skydiving
- Swedish: fallskärmshopp — an instance of skydiving
- Chinese Mandarin: 高空跳傘 /高空跳伞 (gāokōng tiàosǎn) — be in freefall
- Dutch: parachutespringen — be in freefall
- Finnish: olla vapaassa pudotuksessa — be in freefall
- German: Fallschirm springen — be in freefall
- Russian: пры́гнуть с парашютом (prýgnutʹ s parašutom) — be in freefall