[ˈkanəpi], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an ornamental cloth covering hung or held up over something, especially a throne or bed
(e.g: a romantic four-poster bed complete with drapes and a canopy)

- the uppermost branches of the trees in a forest, forming a more or less continuous layer of foliage
(e.g: woolly monkeys spend hours every day sitting high in the canopy)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from medieval Latin canopeum ‘ceremonial canopy’, alteration of Latin conopeum ‘mosquito net over a bed’, from Greek kōnōpeion ‘couch with mosquito curtains’, from kōnōps ‘mosquito’

[ˈkanəpi], (Verb)

Definitions:
- cover or provide with a canopy
(e.g: the river was canopied by overhanging trees)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from medieval Latin canopeum ‘ceremonial canopy’, alteration of Latin conopeum ‘mosquito net over a bed’, from Greek kōnōpeion ‘couch with mosquito curtains’, from kōnōps ‘mosquito’