Definizione monolingua

jettison

jettison (third-person singular simple present jettisons, present participle jettisoning, simple past and past participle jettisoned)

1. To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.

   The ballooners had to jettison all of their sand bags to make it over the final hill.

   The jettisoning of fuel tanks.

2. To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective; discard.

jettison (plural jettisons)

1. (uncountable) Collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon.
2. (countable) The action of jettisoning items.

Definizione dizionario jettison

Altri significati:

To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective; discard.

(countable) The action of jettisoning items.

To eject from a watercraft or aircaft in order to lighten the load.

To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.

to eject from a boat

to let go or get rid of

(uncountable) Collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon.