| airplane |
An airplane is a machine that can fly and can take people from one place to another. An airplane has wings and engines that make it fly. |
| airport |
An airport is a large area of land where airplanes come and go. It usually has a big building where people wait for their airplanes. Airports often have shops and restaurants too. When you are going on a trip by airplane, you first go to an airport. |
| board |
When you board something like a train, a ship, or airplane, it means that you get on so that you can ride somewhere. [1/4 definitions] |
| captain |
A captain is the person in charge of a ship or an airplane. [1/2 definitions] |
| check |
When you check your bags at the airport, it means that you give them to someone who puts them on the airplane for you. [1/4 definitions] |
| control |
Controls are something on a machine that let you make it do what you want. A television has controls that let you turn it on and off and change how loud it is. A pilot uses controls to fly an airplane. [1/4 definitions] |
| dive |
When you dive, you jump down from a high place with your head and arms going first. When a bird or airplane dives, it changes its position in the air and heads very fast toward a lower place. |
| ever |
Ever means at any time. If someone asks if you have ever flown in an airplane, they mean at any time in your whole life. [1/2 definitions] |
| fly1 |
When you fly, you travel in an airplane or other vehicle that goes in the air. [2/3 definitions] |
| land |
When an airplane lands, it means that the airplane arrives on the ground after flying. [1/4 definitions] |
| parachute |
A parachute is something made of very strong, thin cloth, and it is used when someone jumps out of an airplane. When a parachute is not being used, it is folded up very carefully and tightly. When it is used by someone in the air, it opens up like a big umbrella and lets them fall safely to the ground. |
| pilot |
A pilot is a person who flies an airplane. |
| plane1 |
Plane is a short word for airplane. |
| ride |
When you ride in something, you are in it and it moves you along. You ride in a car or a truck. You can ride on a thing too, such as on a bicycle, train, airplane, or bus. [1/4 definitions] |
| seat belt |
A seat belt is something you use in a car or airplane to hold you safely in your seat. A seat belt is a long strap that goes across your lap. |
| ship |
When you ship something, you send it by truck, airplane, or boat. [1/2 definitions] |
| take off |
When an airplane takes off, it leaves the ground and goes up into the air. [1/2 definitions] |
| thirtieth |
If twenty-nine people have gotten on an airplane, the next person to get on will be the thirtieth person. |
| uniform |
A uniform is a special set of clothing that everybody in a certain group must wear. In some schools, all the children wear a uniform. The uniform is a little different for girls than for boys. Police officers, mail carriers, airplane pilots, and fire fighters are some other people who wear uniforms. [1/2 definitions] |
| up |
When you go up, you move to a higher place. When an airplane goes up, it goes from the ground into the sky, or it goes from one place in the sky to a higher place. [1/8 definitions] |
| where |
If you see where the paper airplane landed, it means that you see the place in which it landed. [1/3 definitions] |