Shelter

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Something that provides cover or protection, as from the weather.
  • n. A refuge; a haven.
  • n. An establishment that provides temporary housing for homeless people.
  • n. The state of being covered or protected.
  • v. To provide cover or protection for.
  • v. To invest (income) to protect it from taxation.
  • verb-intransitive. To take cover; find refuge.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A refuge, haven or other cover or protection from something
  • n. An institution that provides temporary housing for homeless people, battered women etc
  • v. To provide cover
  • v. To take cover
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen.
  • n. One who protects; a guardian; a defender.
  • n. The state of being covered and protected; protection; security.
  • v. To be a shelter for; to provide with a shelter; to cover from injury or annoyance; to shield; to protect.
  • v. To screen or cover from notice; to disguise.
  • v. To betake to cover, or to a safe place; -- used reflexively.
  • verb-intransitive. To take shelter.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A cover or defense from exposure, attack, injury, distress, annoyance, or the like; whatever shields or serves as a protection, as from the weather, attack, etc.; a place of protection: as, a shelter from the rain or wind; a shelter for the friendless.
  • n. The protection or immunity from attack, exposure, distress, etc., afforded by a place or thing; refuge; asylum.
  • n. Synonyms Screen, shield.
  • n. Cover, covert, sanctuary, haven. See the verb.
  • To protect from exposure, attack, injury, distress, or the like; afford cover or protection to; hence, to harbor: as, to shelter thieves.
  • To place under cover or shelter; seek shelter or protection for; house; with a reflexive pronoun, to take refuge; betake one's self to cover or a safe place.
  • Synonyms To Defend, Protect, etc. (see keep), shield, screen, shroud, house, ensconce, hide.
  • To take shelter.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons
  • v. invest (money) so that it is not taxable
  • n. protective covering that provides protection from the weather
  • n. a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
  • v. provide shelter for
  • n. the condition of being protected
  • n. a way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay on current earnings
  • Verb Form
    sheltered    sheltering    shelters   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    invest    put    commit    place    diminution    step-down    reduction    decrease   
    Cross Reference
    protector   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    protection    refuge    defense    asylum    retreat    covert    sanctuary    security    screen    guardian   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    belter    felter    helter    kelter    skelter    smelter    swelter    welter   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    cover    protection    refuge    tent    hut    comfort    shadow    shade    roof    building