1.  canopy(n = noun.artifact) - the transparent covering of an aircraft cockpit;
is a kind of covering
is a part of cockpit
Derived form verb canopy₁

2.  canopy(n = noun.artifact) - the umbrellalike part of a parachute that fills with air;
is a kind of cloth, fabric, material, textile
is a part of chute, parachute

3.  canopy(n = noun.artifact) - a covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather;
is a kind of shelter
has particulars: awning, sunblind, sunshade, baldachin, marquee, marquise, porte-cochere, tester, umbrella
Derived form verb canopy₁

   canopy(v = verb.contact) - cover with a canopy;
is one way to cover
Derived forms noun canopy₃, noun canopy₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

1.  A covering fixed over a bed, dais, or the like, or carried on poles over an exalted personage or a sacred object, etc. chiefly as a mark of honor. Dryden. [1913 Webster]

2.  An ornamental projection, over a door, window, niche, etc. [1913 Webster]

   To cover with, or as with, a canopy. Milton. [1913 Webster]

canopy, n. & v.
--n. (pl. -ies)
1 a a covering hung or held up over a throne, bed, person, etc. b the sky. c an overhanging shelter.
2 Archit. a rooflike projection over a niche etc.
3 the uppermost layers of foliage etc. in a forest.
4 a the expanding part of a parachute. b the cover of an aircraft's cockpit.
--v.tr. (-ies, -ied) supply or be a canopy to.

Etymology:
ME f. med.L canopeum f. L conopeum f. Gk konopeion couch with mosquito-curtains f. konops gnat

N  covering, cover, baldachin, baldachino, baldaquin, canopy, tilt, awning, tent, marquee, tente d'abri, umbrella, parasol, sunshade, veil (shade), shield, roof, ceiling, thatch, tile, pantile, pentile, tiling, slates, slating, leads, barrack, plafond, planchment, tiling, shed, top, lid, covercle, door, operculum, bulkhead, bandage, plaster, lint, wrapping, dossil, finger stall, coverlet, counterpane, sheet, quilt, tarpaulin, blanket, rug, drugget, housing, antimacassar, eiderdown, numdah, pillowcase, pillowslip, linoleum, saddle cloth, blanket cloth, tidy, tilpah, apishamore, integument, tegument, skin, pellicle, fleece, fell, fur, leather, shagreen, hide, pelt, peltry, cordwain, derm, robe, buffalo robe, cuticle, scarfskin, epidermis, clothing, mask, peel, crust, bark, rind, cortex, husk, shell, coat, eggshell, glume, capsule, sheath, sheathing, pod, cod, casing, case, theca, elytron, elytrum, involucrum, wrapping, wrapper, envelope, vesicle, corn husk, corn shuck, dermatology, conchology, testaceology, inunction, incrustation, superimposition, superposition, obduction, scale, veneer, facing, overlay, plate, silver plate, gold plate, copper plate, engobe, ormolu, Sheffield plate, pavement, coating, paint, varnish, plating, barrel plating, anointing, enamel, epitaxial deposition, vapor deposition, ground, whitewash, plaster, spackel, stucco, compo, cerement, ointment, covering, superimposed, overlaid, plated, cutaneous, dermal, cortical, cuticular, tegumentary, skinny, scaly, squamous, covered, imbricated, loricated, armor plated, ironclad, under cover, cowled, cucullate, dermatoid, encuirassed, hooded, squamiferous, tectiform, vaginate.