canopy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English canope, from Latin cōnōpēum (“curtain”) (ultimately from Ancient Greek κωνωπεῖον (kōnōpeion) (konopeion)), through Medieval Latin canopeum, or possibly Old French conope, conopé (cf. modern French canapé).

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Noun[edit]

canopy (plural canopies)

  1. A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.
    • Dryden
      golden canopies and beds of state
  2. Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors.
  3. The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest.
  4. In an airplane, the transparent cockpit cover.
  5. In a parachute, the cloth that fills with air and thus limits the falling speed.

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Verb[edit]

canopy (third-person singular simple present canopies, present participle canopying, simple past and past participle canopied)

  1. To cover with or as if with a canopy.
    • Milton
      A bank with ivy canopied.
  2. To go through the canopy of a forest on a zipline.

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