About The Word Shelter
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Shelter
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What's The Definition Of Shelter?
[n] a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
[n] protective covering that provides protection from the weather [n] a way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay on current earnings [n] the condition of being protected; "they were huddled together for protection"; "he enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home" [v] provide shelter for; "After the earthquake, the government could not provide shelter for the thousands of homeless people" Synonyms | Synonyms for Shelter: protection | tax shelter Related Terms | Find terms related to Shelter: See Also | air-raid shelter | army hut | asylum | bell cot | bell cote | birdhouse | bomb shelter | bombproof | canopy | collapsible shelter | columbarium | construction | cookhouse | cote | cyclone cellar | decrease | diminution | domiciliate | dovecote | dugout | fallout shelter | field hut | furnish | harbor | harbour | haven | house | hovel | hut | hutch | indemnity | insurance | kennel | lean-to | loft | mantelet | mantlet | oasis | pigeon loft | protection | protective cover | protective covering | provide | put up | radioprotection | reduction | refuge | render | roost | sanctuary | security | sentry box | shack | shanty | stable | stall | step-down | storm cellar | structure | supply | tent | tornado cellar Shelter In Webster's Dictionary \Shel"ter\, n. [Cf. OE. scheltrun, shiltroun,
schelltrome, scheldtrome, a guard, squadron, AS. scildtruma a
troop of men with shields; scild shield + truma a band of
men. See {Shield}, n.]
1. That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a
protection; a screen.
The sick and weak the healing plant shall aid, From
storms a shelter, and from heat a shade. --Pope.
2. One who protects; a guardian; a defender.
Thou [God] hast been a shelter for me. --Ps. lxi. 3.
3. The state of being covered and protected; protection;
security.
Who into shelter takes their tender bloom. --Young.
{Shelter tent},a small tent made of pieces of cotton duck
arranged to button together. In field service the soldiers
carry the pieces.
Syn: Asylum; refuge; retreat; covert; sanctuary; protection;
defense; security.
\Shel"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sheltered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sheltering}.] 1. To be a shelter for; to provide with a shelter; to cover from injury or annoyance; to shield; to protect. Those ruins sheltered once his sacred head. --Dryden. You have no convents . . . in which such persons may be received and sheltered. --Southey. 2. To screen or cover from notice; to disguise. In vain I strove to cheek my growing flame, Or shelter passion under friendship's name. --Prior. 3. To betake to cover, or to a safe place; -- used reflexively. They sheltered themselves under a rock. --Abp. Abbot. \Shel"ter\, v. i. To take shelter. There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat, Shelters in cool. --Milton. |
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