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Canopy

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.

    "golden canopies and beds of state"

  2. 2
    a covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather wordnet
  3. 3
    Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors.
  4. 4
    the umbrellalike part of a parachute that fills with air wordnet
  5. 5
    The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest.
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  1. 6
    the transparent covering of an aircraft cockpit wordnet
  2. 7
    In an airplane, the transparent cockpit cover.
  3. 8
    In a parachute, the cloth that fills with air and thus limits the falling speed.
Verb
  1. 1
    To cover with or as if with a canopy. transitive

    "Away before me to sweet beds of flowers: Love-thoughts lie rich when canopied with bowers."

  2. 2
    cover with a canopy wordnet
  3. 3
    To go through the canopy of a forest on a zipline. intransitive

    "2013, Tara Morris, “Canopying In Rio Claro,” colombiareports.com, 11 March, 2013, If you’re looking for a little adventure in Colombia, look no further than canopying through Rio Claro’s lush, secluded jungle, located just five hours bus ride from either Medellin or Bogota."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English canapy, canepie, canapee, canape, canope, from Old French conopé, Medieval Latin canapeum, canopeum, from Latin cōnōpēum (“mosquito net, canopy”), from Ancient Greek κωνωπεῖον (kōnōpeîon, “mosquito net”), from Ancient Greek κώνωψ (kṓnōps, “mosquito”), of uncertain origin. More at Ancient Greek κώνωψ (kṓnōps). Doublet of canapé and conopeum.

Etymology 2

From Middle English canapy, canepie, canapee, canape, canope, from Old French conopé, Medieval Latin canapeum, canopeum, from Latin cōnōpēum (“mosquito net, canopy”), from Ancient Greek κωνωπεῖον (kōnōpeîon, “mosquito net”), from Ancient Greek κώνωψ (kṓnōps, “mosquito”), of uncertain origin. More at Ancient Greek κώνωψ (kṓnōps). Doublet of canapé and conopeum.

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