1. umbrella - Noun
2. umbrella - Verb
3. umbrella - Adjective Satellite
A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton, or other fabric, extended on strips of whalebone, steel, or other elastic material, inserted, or fastened to, a rod or stick by means of pivots or hinges, in such a way as to allow of being opened and closed with ease. See Parasol.
The umbrellalike disk, or swimming bell, of a jellyfish.
Any marine tectibranchiate gastropod of the genus Umbrella, having an umbrella-shaped shell; -- called also umbrella shell.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain. Mark Twain
A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain. Robert Frost
Throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
If a man from humble beginnings gets rich, he will carry his umbrella at midnight. Hindi Proverb
The umbrella was made for rainy days, the white man uses it for the sun. Jamaican Proverb
There is no use in carrying an umbrella if your shoes are leaking. Irish Proverb