umbrella
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: arts
broadcasting
hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
media
photography
skating
sports
television
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian ombrella (“parasol, sunshade”), from Late Latin umbrella (influenced by umbra (“shadow, shade”)), from Latin umbella, from umbra + -la (diminutive suffix).
Base: umbra
Affixes: -lus
Inflected forms:
form: umbrellas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: brella
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: humbrella
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: ombrella
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: umbrello
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: umbreller
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: umbrellas
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: umbrellaing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: umbrellaed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: umbrellaed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: brella
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: humbrella
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: ombrella
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: umbrello
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: umbreller
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun.
pos: noun
examples: Quick, grab that umbrella before you get rained on!
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.
When the [lost property] office first opened, the most frequently lost items were umbrellas. Every white-collar professional carried one, but despite, or because of, that they were easily forgotten about. […] In the 1930s, a quarter of a million umbrellas a year came into the office. Now it's more like 10,000.
gloss: Anything that provides similar protection.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: The fighters provide a defensive air umbrella over the battle group.
gloss: Anything that provides similar overarching coverage of a range of concepts, purposes, groups, etc.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: The test facility was established under the umbrella of the company's quality program.
gloss: A strategy in which five players in the offensive zone form an umbrella-shaped formation around the opposition's goal net.
pos: noun
gloss: The main body of a jellyfish, excluding the tentacles.
pos: noun
examples: Jellyfish are composed of more than 90% water and most of their umbrella mass is made up of gelatinous material.
gloss: An umbrella-shaped reflector with a white or silvery inner surface, used to diffuse a nearby light.
pos: noun
examples: Using umbrellas for shooting a wedding party is ok, but not necessary.
gloss: To cover or protect, as if by an umbrella.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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.
Huge pine and eucalyptus umbrellaed the grounds, airconditioning the morning.
gloss: To form the dome shape of an open umbrella.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Bright yellow gowns fit them tightly and umbrellaed from their waist to just below the knees.
gloss: To move like a jellyfish.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The light catches the filigreed tendrils and graceful motion of the jellies, their orange bodies umbrella-ing along like fairy parasols come to life.
Synonyms: chatta
chatra
rainshade
parapluie
gamp
bumbershoot
umbershoot
rain napper
Related words: umbra
umbrel
umbrere
awning
bumbershoot
gamp
parasol
shield
Derived words: Amazonian umbrellabird
Atlantic umbrella slug
bare-necked umbrellabird
bastard umbrella thorn
beach umbrella
cumbrella
exumbrella
exumbrellar
golf umbrella
Japanese umbrella pine
jumbrella
long-wattled umbrellabird
nuclear umbrella
poor man's umbrella
subumbrella
subumbrellar
sun umbrella
Texas umbrella tree
umbrella ant
umbrella bird
umbrellabird
umbrella brand
umbrella cockatoo
umbrella company
umbrella corallimorpharian
umbrella cover
umbrella-cover
umbrella crab
umbrella fern
umbrella fund
umbrella grass
umbrella insurance
umbrella-leaf
umbrellaless
umbrellalike
umbrella octopus
umbrella organisation
umbrella organization
umbrella palm
umbrella pine
umbrella plant
umbrella policy
umbrellar
umbrella school
umbrella stand
umbrella step
umbrella term
umbrella thorn
umbrella tree
umbrella wasp
yellow umbrella slug
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