"canopy" meaning in English

See canopy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkæ.nə.pi/ [US, UK] Audio: en-us-canopy.ogg [US] Forms: canopy [singular], canopies [plural]
Head templates: {{noun|2=canopies}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A canopy is a high cover providing shelter above an object.
    Sense id: simple-canopy-en-noun-UQWDgQFk
  2. A canopy is an overhanging roof structure.
    Sense id: simple-canopy-en-noun-YkL1hvOy
  3. The forest canopy is the highest foliage and branches.
    Sense id: simple-canopy-en-noun-KpwToZlU
  4. An airplane canopy is its transparent cockpit cover.
    Sense id: simple-canopy-en-noun-tq-7beW~
  5. A canopy of a parachute is the cloth that fills with air.
    Sense id: simple-canopy-en-noun-ONarjURa

Verb

IPA: /ˈkæ.nə.pi/ [US, UK] Audio: en-us-canopy.ogg [US] Forms: canopy [canonical], canopies [third-person, singular], canopied [past], canopied [past, participle], canopying [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|canop|y}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you canopy something, you cover or provide something with a canopy.
    Sense id: simple-canopy-en-verb-1aD3Ok~T
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