A person who lives on other people's efforts or expense and gives little or nothing back. from 16th c.
A sycophant or hanger-on.
An organism that lives on or in another organism, deriving benefit from living on or in that other organism, while not contributing towards that other organism sufficiently to cover the cost to that other organism.
A climbing plant which is supported by a wall, trellis etc. from 19th c.
A small light umbrella used as protection from the sun.
A miniature paper umbrella used as a decoration in tropical-themed cocktails.
A roof or covering of a structure designed to provide cover from wind, rain, or sun.
To protect with, or as if with, a parasol; to shade.
One who frequents the tables of the rich, or who lives at another's expense, and earns his welcome by flattery; a hanger-on; a toady; a sycophant.
A plant obtaining nourishment immediately from other plants to which it attaches itself, and whose juices it absorbs; - sometimes, but erroneously, called epiphyte.
An animal which lives during the whole or part of its existence on or in the body of some other animal, feeding upon its food, blood, or tissues, as lice, tapeworms, etc.
A kind of small umbrella used by women as a protection from the sun.
A person who lives on other people's efforts or expense and gives little or nothing back. from 16th c.
A sycophant or hanger-on.
An organism that lives on or in another organism, deriving benefit from living on or in that other organism, while not contributing towards that other organism sufficiently to cover the cost to that other organism.
A climbing plant which is supported by a wall, trellis etc. from 19th c.
A small light umbrella used as protection from the sun.
A miniature paper umbrella used as a decoration in tropical-themed cocktails.
A roof or covering of a structure designed to provide cover from wind, rain, or sun.
To protect with, or as if with, a parasol; to shade.
One who frequents the tables of the rich, or who lives at another's expense, and earns his welcome by flattery; a hanger-on; a toady; a sycophant.
A plant obtaining nourishment immediately from other plants to which it attaches itself, and whose juices it absorbs; - sometimes, but erroneously, called epiphyte.
An animal which lives during the whole or part of its existence on or in the body of some other animal, feeding upon its food, blood, or tissues, as lice, tapeworms, etc.
A kind of small umbrella used by women as a protection from the sun.