umbrellaing

Verb

umbrella (third-person singular simple present umbrellas, present participle umbrellaing, simple past and past participle umbrellaed)

1. (transitive) To cover or protect, as if by an umbrella.
   • 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.1944, Emily Carr, “Life Loves Living”, in The House of All Sorts
2. (intransitive) To form the dome shape of an open umbrella.
   • Bright yellow gowns fit them tightly and umbrellaed from their waist to just below the knees.2011, B. A. Rothwell, The Peaceful Queen, page 31
3. (intransitive) To move like a jellyfish.
   • The light catches the filigreed tendrils and graceful motion of the jellies, their orange bodies umbrella-ing along like fairy parasols come to life.1997, National Geographic Traveler, page 36

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