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Definition of umbrella in English: umbrellanoun ʌmˈbrɛləˌəmˈbrɛlə 1A device consisting of a circular canopy of cloth on a folding metal frame supported by a central rod, used as protection against rain. Example sentencesExamples - The ubiquitous water feature is well represented - ideas include a water umbrella, an octopus garden and a clock that drips instead of ticks.
- Spots were definitely in fashion today, what with the beads of water on coats, umbrellas, glasses, bags, clothes and windscreens.
- Many of the traditions survive in the modern firm: liveried commissionaires still take visitors' soggy umbrellas and hand them back, dried and furled, when they leave.
- This is a dog that is scared of water, umbrellas and her own reflection in the mirror.
- A well-balanced living room opens out onto the beach - complete with distant hills, beach umbrellas and blue water.
- If your container leaks onto the table too much when you water it, remove the umbrella and move the container to the patio floor.
- His hair was neatly combed back, and he held an umbrella over his head.
- She decided to open the umbrella once Soo Lin turned to face her, so the umbrella would expand in her face.
- I stayed in the sun for twenty minutes on each side before moved under the umbrella to put on my sunscreen, hat and sunglasses.
- A threadbare khadi jhola hangs over his shoulder, an umbrella in his hand.
- There were no umbrellas, and the water was still a bit cold (not to mention so clear, you could see the shells on the sea floor).
- These street riders could be easily distinguished by their gaudy Western-style umbrellas, as contrasted to the slender parasols which female students often carried.
- To ward off trouble, cobras can rear up, and they have hoods that expand out like a half umbrella to make themselves appear bigger and scarier than they actually are.
- But nearer the water are tiny umbrellas and beach towels.
- Yet as I pack a bag to hold water and umbrellas and tissue paper, I'm quite aware that the three hours will not feel like that.
- According to a salesman, bags, lunch boxes, water bottles, umbrellas for kids and pencil boxes are the most in-demand items.
- Most species, however, do not have polyp leaves, and look more like clubs, umbrellas, or pinwheels.
- We prepare for the rain and the heat by hauling out the umbrellas and moving into the shade.
- Mikhail hadn't made a move to open the umbrella until now.
- The central plastic handle can be pushed to one side to allow for maximum coverage space and can also be moved to collapse the umbrella.
- Heart pounding in her ears and squaring her shoulders, Carolyn held the umbrella steady as she moved toward the back of the house.
- As he turned back toward the house, Desmond suddenly appeared at his side, the blond hair atop his head soaked and matted to the sides of his face, despite the umbrella in his hands.
- A few feet away, Ethan had slipped out of his jacket and was holding it over his head like an umbrella, making a face.
- Elaine stood several feet away under an umbrella, her face pale and strained.
Synonyms parasol, sunshade British informal brolly North American informal bumbershoots British informal, dated gamp 2A protecting force or influence. Europe sought a measure of independence from the US defence umbrella Example sentencesExamples - National sovereignty no longer serves as a protective umbrella for vicious government actions, which are subject to prosecution so that human rights and justice may be upheld.
- We look forward to seeing this area brought under a protective umbrella and hope that the area can be made suitable for camping, whilst protecting it at the same time.
- You can't always count on the US umbrella to protect you when it starts to rain.
- After a few months, Feau was ready to make a move from under the umbrella of his mentor.
- Which is the largest and most powerful protective umbrella for the forces of evil and corruption in that country?
- They did not want to be brought under the umbrellas of power and control of the GAA; instead they wanted to hold onto their own independence and autonomy.
- That umbrella of care is a reassurance to the residents themselves and the relatives and friends who need to know that their loved ones are within easy reach of assistance and neither isolated nor alone.
- Also due to the meagre treatment and rehabilitation facilities, the family must act as an umbrella to protect, nurture and sustain its members.
- Evidence regarding the general lifestyle of Mr. Vancurenko in the community is not information that is protected under the umbrella of the homicide investigation.
- But the new plan goes much further, placing controversial American military hardware on UK soil while including Britain in its protective umbrella.
- That is why they have forces in South Korea and have provided a defence umbrella for Japan so it would not re-arm.
- The Americans are the umbrella that protects them from everything.
- At the time, certain police cadres inside the Fuzhou City government provided a protective umbrella for those evil forces who were not brought to justice for a long time.
- But the deal sees the snuggling up of the two airlines under the one umbrella so as to protect the many bilaterals the two countries have with other countries around the world.
- That country loves the him because he holds the umbrella that protects it from its enemies.
- This work is co-ordinated by a regional umbrella task force in Killarney, Kenmare, Killorglin and Caherciveen.
- It will provide a defensive umbrella for forces ashore in a contested theater and even on American shores themselves.
- But that doesn't mean that they're all tied together and under the umbrella of one huge force.
- The invisible Van Allen belts that circle Earth in a region known as the magnetosphere trap much of this radiation and serve as an umbrella that protects people in low Earth orbit or below.
- Federal law extends the protective umbrella of marriage to life and death benefits that go far beyond the estate protections provided by these three states.
Synonyms patronage, aegis, protection, guidance, support, backing, guardianship, trusteeship, sponsorship, supervision, influence, control, charge, responsibility, keeping, care - 2.1 A screen of fighter aircraft or anti-aircraft artillery.
Example sentencesExamples - Only when they saw the umbrella of anti-aircraft blossoms did they realize the truth.
- A missile defence umbrella could cost billions.
- Under the umbrella, U.S. forces with nuclear-equipped ballistic missiles, strikers and submarines will strike enemies that attack U.S. allies.
- After the war ended, they moved the umbrella to the edge of the Canal where it would be more effective against the IAF.
- The A - 10s formed a protective umbrella over the task force.
- Streaming contrails, the Thunderbolts lazily S-turned over the bomber formation - providing an umbrella for the lumbering Boeings.
3usually as modifier A thing that includes or contains many different elements or parts. the umbrella body for more than 100 training organizations Example sentencesExamples - It has become a data mining operation, providing a suite of corporate programs under the umbrella of ‘Fusion Marketing’ services.
- Autism is an umbrella term covering a wide variety of disorders that cause a huge range of different symptoms in different people.
- These are umbrella terms, which cover several specific conditions.
- It's not a word you'll find in the reams of material written on the pros and cons of intellectual property, the umbrella system that protects patents.
- The theory that the CPC will eventually evolve into an umbrella party which covers different factions within the party like Japan's LDP isn't new.
- So would you support sending in U.S. troops, U.S. Marines, as part of some sort of international peacekeeping force perhaps under the U.N. umbrella?
- In 1998, the Awards Program was reorganized under the umbrella of The Benjamin Franklin Medals.
- The café is run under the umbrella of United Response, the same organisation that brings a remarkable carol service to York Minster each December.
- He thinks that the Bald Eagle Protection Act of 1940 will still provide an umbrella for the birds if they are removed from the endangered species list.
- This was part of the war between Telkom and private ISPs which joined forces under the ISPA umbrella.
- I now consider these women's engagement in the wider context of the national Catholic umbrella organization, the mfSVM.
- Germany aims to place its 16 police forces under one umbrella.
- The trust was also taken into supervision by the umbrella Bradford Community Housing Trust Group, to ‘maintain the stability’ of the board.
- A rather broad discipline, astrobiology is barely five years old, yet it has become the umbrella under which a great deal of space science is conducted.
- The influential UOIF is one of the main groups comprising the umbrella French Council for the Muslim Religion.
- In 1991, Geraldine Connell became the first manager of the Holy Angels as the centre moved further under the umbrella of the health board.
- Courts have correctly expanded the umbrella of the First Amendment through the Fourteenth Amendment.
- This year's line-up is spread over four nights and spans a variety of influences under the jazz umbrella.
- The bill will become an umbrella for water management if passed into law.
Synonyms aegis, auspices, patronage, championship, protection, safe keeping, protectorship, guardianship, support, guidance, charge, responsibility, care, cover, backing, agency 4Zoology
The gelatinous disc of a jellyfish, which it contracts and expands to move through the water. Example sentencesExamples - Right under that umbrella is the mouth.
- The mouth is usually on the concave side, and the tentacles originate on the rim of the umbrella.
- Young gadoid fish, which have been observed sheltering beneath jellyfish (Scyphozoa and Hydrozoa) umbrellas.
- The only opening in a jellyfish is the mouth which everyone sees when they look at the umbrella of the jellyfish.
Derivatives adjectiveʌmˈbrɛləd The umbrellaed tables in the cafe-lounge are separated from the dining room by sheer curtains which billow like giant sails on a calm sea. Example sentencesExamples - The full kitchen opens up into an enclosed back yard with an umbrellaed table and chairs.
- Soak up the sun in the lovely adobe walled front yard, complete with barbecue and umbrellaed table and chairs.
- The downtown restaurant with its umbrellaed tables reminded Marianna of a teacup ride stuck in time.
- This was also at the time when the twenty or so publishing houses were being umbrellaed by big business.
adjective The Baghnath temple has an amalaka (ribbed circular crown) capped with an umbrella-like roof made of wood and slate. Example sentencesExamples - Salix caprea ‘Kilmarnock’ is a small deciduous tree (reaching about 6ft tall with a similar spread) with an umbrella-like crown of weeping, yellow-brown branches that emerge from the top of a bare trunk.
- There would also be a few umbrella-like shelters in this area.
- Just as the crooked mass of shiny-leafed buttonbush, and even the swamp dwelling mayapple - its umbrella-like leaves shading sweet yellow fruit - need fire's fertilizing hand, so too does the wildlife.
- Since then the plant has slowly grown to its full height of 2. 23m and the single umbrella-like petal finally unfurled early yesterday morning.
Origin Early 17th century: from Italian ombrella, diminutive of ombra 'shade', from Latin umbra (see umbra). An umbrella is strictly a sunshade. The word came from Italy in the early 17th century, and goes back to Latin umbra ‘shade’. Britain's wet weather meant that not much more than twenty years after the word's first appearance an umbrella became something to keep the rain off. Another word from umbra is umbrage (Late Middle English), as in take umbrage or take offence. An early sense was ‘a shadowy outline’, which then gave rise to ‘a ground for suspicion’ and led to the current sense.
Rhymes a cappella, Arabella, Bella, bestseller, Capella, cellar, Cinderella, citronella, Clarabella, corella, Daniela, Della, dispeller, dweller, Ella, expeller, favela, fella, fellah, feller, Fenella, Floella, foreteller, Heller, impeller, interstellar, Keller, Louella, Mandela, mortadella, mozzarella, Nigella, novella, paella, panatella, patella, predella, propeller, queller, quinella, repeller, rosella, rubella, salmonella, Santiago de Compostela, seller, smeller, speller, Stella, stellar, tarantella, teller, Viyella Definition of umbrella in US English: umbrellanounˌəmˈbreləˌəmˈbrɛlə 1A device consisting of a circular canopy of cloth on a folding metal frame supported by a central rod, used as protection against rain or sometimes sun. Example sentencesExamples - According to a salesman, bags, lunch boxes, water bottles, umbrellas for kids and pencil boxes are the most in-demand items.
- Yet as I pack a bag to hold water and umbrellas and tissue paper, I'm quite aware that the three hours will not feel like that.
- There were no umbrellas, and the water was still a bit cold (not to mention so clear, you could see the shells on the sea floor).
- A threadbare khadi jhola hangs over his shoulder, an umbrella in his hand.
- I stayed in the sun for twenty minutes on each side before moved under the umbrella to put on my sunscreen, hat and sunglasses.
- His hair was neatly combed back, and he held an umbrella over his head.
- The ubiquitous water feature is well represented - ideas include a water umbrella, an octopus garden and a clock that drips instead of ticks.
- Many of the traditions survive in the modern firm: liveried commissionaires still take visitors' soggy umbrellas and hand them back, dried and furled, when they leave.
- A well-balanced living room opens out onto the beach - complete with distant hills, beach umbrellas and blue water.
- As he turned back toward the house, Desmond suddenly appeared at his side, the blond hair atop his head soaked and matted to the sides of his face, despite the umbrella in his hands.
- But nearer the water are tiny umbrellas and beach towels.
- Spots were definitely in fashion today, what with the beads of water on coats, umbrellas, glasses, bags, clothes and windscreens.
- These street riders could be easily distinguished by their gaudy Western-style umbrellas, as contrasted to the slender parasols which female students often carried.
- A few feet away, Ethan had slipped out of his jacket and was holding it over his head like an umbrella, making a face.
- This is a dog that is scared of water, umbrellas and her own reflection in the mirror.
- Mikhail hadn't made a move to open the umbrella until now.
- Heart pounding in her ears and squaring her shoulders, Carolyn held the umbrella steady as she moved toward the back of the house.
- Elaine stood several feet away under an umbrella, her face pale and strained.
- To ward off trouble, cobras can rear up, and they have hoods that expand out like a half umbrella to make themselves appear bigger and scarier than they actually are.
- If your container leaks onto the table too much when you water it, remove the umbrella and move the container to the patio floor.
- Most species, however, do not have polyp leaves, and look more like clubs, umbrellas, or pinwheels.
- We prepare for the rain and the heat by hauling out the umbrellas and moving into the shade.
- She decided to open the umbrella once Soo Lin turned to face her, so the umbrella would expand in her face.
- The central plastic handle can be pushed to one side to allow for maximum coverage space and can also be moved to collapse the umbrella.
2A protecting force or influence. the American nuclear umbrella over the West Example sentencesExamples - They did not want to be brought under the umbrellas of power and control of the GAA; instead they wanted to hold onto their own independence and autonomy.
- But the new plan goes much further, placing controversial American military hardware on UK soil while including Britain in its protective umbrella.
- Which is the largest and most powerful protective umbrella for the forces of evil and corruption in that country?
- At the time, certain police cadres inside the Fuzhou City government provided a protective umbrella for those evil forces who were not brought to justice for a long time.
- It will provide a defensive umbrella for forces ashore in a contested theater and even on American shores themselves.
- That country loves the him because he holds the umbrella that protects it from its enemies.
- National sovereignty no longer serves as a protective umbrella for vicious government actions, which are subject to prosecution so that human rights and justice may be upheld.
- That is why they have forces in South Korea and have provided a defence umbrella for Japan so it would not re-arm.
- After a few months, Feau was ready to make a move from under the umbrella of his mentor.
- The invisible Van Allen belts that circle Earth in a region known as the magnetosphere trap much of this radiation and serve as an umbrella that protects people in low Earth orbit or below.
- But that doesn't mean that they're all tied together and under the umbrella of one huge force.
- Federal law extends the protective umbrella of marriage to life and death benefits that go far beyond the estate protections provided by these three states.
- Evidence regarding the general lifestyle of Mr. Vancurenko in the community is not information that is protected under the umbrella of the homicide investigation.
- You can't always count on the US umbrella to protect you when it starts to rain.
- We look forward to seeing this area brought under a protective umbrella and hope that the area can be made suitable for camping, whilst protecting it at the same time.
- But the deal sees the snuggling up of the two airlines under the one umbrella so as to protect the many bilaterals the two countries have with other countries around the world.
- Also due to the meagre treatment and rehabilitation facilities, the family must act as an umbrella to protect, nurture and sustain its members.
- The Americans are the umbrella that protects them from everything.
- This work is co-ordinated by a regional umbrella task force in Killarney, Kenmare, Killorglin and Caherciveen.
- That umbrella of care is a reassurance to the residents themselves and the relatives and friends who need to know that their loved ones are within easy reach of assistance and neither isolated nor alone.
Synonyms patronage, aegis, protection, guidance, support, backing, guardianship, trusteeship, sponsorship, supervision, influence, control, charge, responsibility, keeping, care - 2.1 A screen of fighter aircraft or antiaircraft artillery.
Example sentencesExamples - The A - 10s formed a protective umbrella over the task force.
- After the war ended, they moved the umbrella to the edge of the Canal where it would be more effective against the IAF.
- Under the umbrella, U.S. forces with nuclear-equipped ballistic missiles, strikers and submarines will strike enemies that attack U.S. allies.
- Streaming contrails, the Thunderbolts lazily S-turned over the bomber formation - providing an umbrella for the lumbering Boeings.
- Only when they saw the umbrella of anti-aircraft blossoms did they realize the truth.
- A missile defence umbrella could cost billions.
3usually as modifier A thing that includes or contains many different elements or parts. Example sentencesExamples - The influential UOIF is one of the main groups comprising the umbrella French Council for the Muslim Religion.
- The bill will become an umbrella for water management if passed into law.
- This year's line-up is spread over four nights and spans a variety of influences under the jazz umbrella.
- He thinks that the Bald Eagle Protection Act of 1940 will still provide an umbrella for the birds if they are removed from the endangered species list.
- These are umbrella terms, which cover several specific conditions.
- In 1991, Geraldine Connell became the first manager of the Holy Angels as the centre moved further under the umbrella of the health board.
- The café is run under the umbrella of United Response, the same organisation that brings a remarkable carol service to York Minster each December.
- In 1998, the Awards Program was reorganized under the umbrella of The Benjamin Franklin Medals.
- The theory that the CPC will eventually evolve into an umbrella party which covers different factions within the party like Japan's LDP isn't new.
- I now consider these women's engagement in the wider context of the national Catholic umbrella organization, the mfSVM.
- It's not a word you'll find in the reams of material written on the pros and cons of intellectual property, the umbrella system that protects patents.
- This was part of the war between Telkom and private ISPs which joined forces under the ISPA umbrella.
- So would you support sending in U.S. troops, U.S. Marines, as part of some sort of international peacekeeping force perhaps under the U.N. umbrella?
- A rather broad discipline, astrobiology is barely five years old, yet it has become the umbrella under which a great deal of space science is conducted.
- Courts have correctly expanded the umbrella of the First Amendment through the Fourteenth Amendment.
- Germany aims to place its 16 police forces under one umbrella.
- It has become a data mining operation, providing a suite of corporate programs under the umbrella of ‘Fusion Marketing’ services.
- Autism is an umbrella term covering a wide variety of disorders that cause a huge range of different symptoms in different people.
- The trust was also taken into supervision by the umbrella Bradford Community Housing Trust Group, to ‘maintain the stability’ of the board.
Synonyms aegis, auspices, patronage, championship, protection, safe keeping, protectorship, guardianship, support, guidance, charge, responsibility, care, cover, backing, agency 4Zoology
The gelatinous disk of a jellyfish, which it contracts and expands to move through the water. Example sentencesExamples - Right under that umbrella is the mouth.
- The mouth is usually on the concave side, and the tentacles originate on the rim of the umbrella.
- The only opening in a jellyfish is the mouth which everyone sees when they look at the umbrella of the jellyfish.
- Young gadoid fish, which have been observed sheltering beneath jellyfish (Scyphozoa and Hydrozoa) umbrellas.
Origin Early 17th century: from Italian ombrella, diminutive of ombra ‘shade’, from Latin umbra (see umbra). |