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n. Protection or shelter, as from danger or hardship.

n. A place providing protection or shelter.

n. A source of help, relief, or comfort in times of trouble. See Synonyms at shelter.

v. To give refuge to.

verb-intransitive. To take refuge.

n. A state of safety, protection or shelter

n. A place providing safety, protection or shelter

n. Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort

v. To shelter; to protect.

n. Shelter or protection from danger or distress.

n. That which shelters or protects from danger, or from distress or calamity; a stronghold which protects by its strength, or a sanctuary which secures safety by its sacredness; a place inaccessible to an enemy.

n. An expedient to secure protection or defense; a device or contrivance.

v. To shelter; to protect.

n. Shelter or protection from danger or distress.

n. That which shelters or protects from danger, distress, or calamity; a stronghold which protects by its strength, or a sanctuary which secures safety by its sacredness; any place where one is out of the way of a threatened danger or evil; specifically, an institution where the destitute or homeless find temporary shelter; an asylum.

n. An expedient to secure protection, defense, or excuse; a device; a contrivance; a shift; a resource.

n. Synonyms Safety, security.

n. Asylum, retreat, sanctuary, harbor, covert.

To shelter; protect; find refuge or excuse for.

To take shelter.

n. A dialectal form of refuse.

n. Same as isle of safety.

n. a safe place

n. act of turning to for assistance

n. something or someone turned to for assistance or security

n. a shelter from danger or hardship

"This refuge is also a permanent home to many other species of fowl as well as feeding grounds for migratory birds."

refuged    refuges    refuging   

help    assistance    assist    aid   

shelter    harbor of refuge    house of refuge    city of refuge   

refugium    refugee   

asylum    retreat    covert    shelter    protect    sanctuary    haven    zoar   

shelter    retreat    abide    residence    comfort    dwell    asylum    consolation    lodge    peace