an ornamental cloth covering hung or held up over something, especially a throne or bed

a romantic four-poster bed complete with drapes and a canopy

a full moon and a canopy of stars

the uppermost branches of the trees in a forest, forming a more or less continuous layer of foliage

woolly monkeys spend hours every day sitting high in the canopy

cover or provide with a canopy

the river was canopied by overhanging trees