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Webster 1913 Edition
Umbrella
Um-brel′la
,Noun.
1.
A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton, or other fabric, extended on strips of whalebone, steel, or other elastic material, inserted in, or fastened to, a rod or stick by means of pivots or hinges, in such a way as to allow of being opened and closed with ease. See
Parasol
. Underneath the
umbrella’s
oily shed. Gay.
2.
(Zool.)
The umbrellalike disk, or swimming bell, of a jellyfish.
3.
(Zool.)
Any marine tectibranchiate gastropod of the genus
Umbrella
, having an umbrella-shaped shell; – called also umbrella shell
. Umbrella ant
(Zool.)
, the sauba ant; – so called because it carries bits of leaves over its back when foraging. Called also
– parasol ant
. Umbrella bird
(Zool.)
, a South American bird (
– Cephalopterus ornatus
) of the family Cotingidae
. It is black, with a large and handsome crest consisting of a mass of soft, glossy blue feathers curved outward at the tips. It also has a cervical plume consisting of a long, cylindrical dermal process covered with soft hairy feathers. Called also dragoon bird
. Umbrella leaf
(Bot.)
, an American perennial herb (
– Dyphylleia cymosa
), having very large peltate and lobed radical leaves. Umbrella shell
. (Zool.)
See
– Umbrella
, 3. Umbrella tree
(Bot.)
, a kind of magnolia (
Magnolia Umbrella
) with the large leaves arranged in umbrellalike clusters at the ends of the branches. It is a native of Pennsylvania
, Virginia
, and Kentucky
. Other plants in various countries are called by this name, especially a kind of screw pine (Pandanus odoratissimus
).Definition 2024
umbrella
umbrella
English
Noun
umbrella (plural umbrellas)
An umbrella (1)
- Cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun.
- Quick, grab that umbrella before you get rained on!
- 1915, Mrs. Belloc Lowndes, The Lodger, chapter II:
- There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
- Generally, anything that provides protection.
- The fighters provide a defensive air umbrella over the battle group.
- Something that covers a wide range of concepts, purposes, groups, etc.
- The test facility was established under the umbrella of the company's quality program.
- The main body of a jellyfish, excluding the tentacles.
- Jellyfish are composed of more than 90% water and most of their umbrella mass is made up of gelatinous material.
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Translations
cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun
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anything that provides protection
something that covers a wide range of concepts, ideas, etc.
the main body of a jellyfish, excluding the tentacles
See also
External links
- umbrella in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- umbrella in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Verb
umbrella (third-person singular simple present umbrellas, present participle umbrellaing, simple past and past participle umbrellaed)
- (transitive) To cover or protect, as if by an umbrella.
- 1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts, “Life Loves Living,”
- Experts with saws and ladders came and lopped off the lower branches. This sent the tree's growth rushing violently to her head in a lush overhanging which umbrellaed the House of All Sorts.
- 2008, Jonathan Kellerman, Bad Love: Alex Delaware 8:
- Huge pine and eucalyptus umbrellaed the grounds, airconditioning the morning.
- 1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts, “Life Loves Living,”
- (intransitive) To form the dome shape of an open umbrella.
- 2011, B. A. Rothwell, The Peaceful Queen, page 31:
- Bright yellow gowns fit them tightly and umbrellaed from their waist to just below the knees.
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- (intransitive) To move like a jellyfish.
- 1997, National Geographic Traveler, page 36:
- The light catches the filigreed tendrils and graceful motion of the jellies, their orange bodies umbrella-ing along like fairy parasols come to life.
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Anagrams
Romansch
Noun
umbrella f (plural umbrellas)
Synonyms
- (Rumantsch Grischun) paraplievgia
- (Puter) paraplövgia
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter) parisol
- (Sutsilvan) prisol
- (Vallader) parasul