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parasol

/ˈpɛɹəˌsɑl/ verb C2
  1. To protect with, or as if with, a parasol; to shade. (transitive)

He/she/it parasols · Past parasoled · Past participle parasoled · -ing form parasoling

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Verb forms

Base form
parasol
He/she/it
parasols
Past
parasoled
Past participle
parasoled
-ing form
parasoling

From the library

Miss Barry, who was sitting behind them, leaned forward and poked Marilla in the back with her parasol.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 305 · C1
Those to her mother contained little else than that they were just returned from the library, where such and such officers had attended them, and where she had seen such beautiful ornaments as made her quite wild; that she had a new gown, or a new parasol, which she would have described more fully, but was obliged to leave off in a violent hurry, as Mrs.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 269 · B2
Elizabeth obeyed; and, running into her own room for her parasol, attended her noble guest downstairs.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 334 · B2
Fairly took me in, he did, and I ought to know his ways by now." Billy pointed with a grin to a very baggy parasol which leaned against the sofa.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 29 · B2

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