Толковый словарь английского языка - umbrella
Umbrella
umbrella
I. noun Etymology: Italian ombrella, modification of Latin umbella, diminutive of umbra Date: 1611 a collapsible shade for protection against weather consisting of fabric stretched over hinged ribs radiating from a central pole, the bell-shaped or saucer-shaped largely gelatinous structure that forms the chief part of the body of most jellyfishes, something which provides protection: as, defensive air cover (as over a battlefront), a heavy barrage, something which covers or embraces a broad range of elements or factors , II. transitive verb (-laed; -laing) Date: 1834 to protect, cover, or provide with an ~
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n. 1 a light portable device for protection against rain, strong sun, etc., consisting of a usu. circular canopy of cloth mounted by means of a collapsible metal frame on a central stick. 2 protection or patronage. 3 (often attrib.) a coordinating or unifying agency (umbrella organization). 4 a screen of fighter aircraft or a curtain of fire put up as a protection against enemy aircraft. 5 Zool. the gelatinous disc of a jellyfish etc., which it contracts and expands to move through the water. Phrases and idioms umbrella bird any S. American bird of the genus Cephalopterus, with a black radiating crest and long wattles. umbrella pine 1 = stone pine. 2 a tall Japanese evergreen conifer, Sciadopitys verticillata, with leaves in umbrella-like whorls. umbrella stand a stand for holding closed upright umbrellas. umbrella tree a small magnolia, Magnolia tripetala, with leaves in a whorl like an umbrella. Derivatives umbrellaed adj. umbrella-like adj. Etymology: It. ombrella, dimin. of ombra shade f. L umbra: see UMBRA ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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