refuge
English
Noun
(en noun )
A state of safety, protection or shelter.
* Milton
- Rocks, dens, and caves! But I in none of these / Find place or refuge .
A place providing safety, protection or shelter.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.}}
Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort.
* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 21, author=Helen Pidd, work=the Guardian
, title= Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis
, passage=Since its conception, the European Union has been a haven for those seeking refuge from war, persecution and poverty in other parts of the world.}}
An expedient to secure protection or defence.
* Shakespeare
- Their latest refuge / Was to send him.
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Synonyms
* haven
* sanctuary
* zoar
Derived terms
* refugee
* refugium
Verb
(refug)
To return to a place of shelter.
* 2011 , Michael D. Gumert, ?AgustÃn Fuentes, ?Lisa Jones-Engel, Monkeys on the Edge
- Among these macaques, although activity cycles are quite variable from location to location, refuging is a common characteristic.
(obsolete) To shelter; to protect.
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shelter
English
Noun
(en noun )
A refuge, haven or other cover or protection from something.
* {{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
, title=Well Tackled!
, chapter=7 citation
, passage=The detective kept them in view. He made his way casually along the inside of the shelter until he reached an open scuttle close to where the two men were standing talking. Eavesdropping was not a thing Larard would have practised from choice, but there were times when, in the public interest, he had to do it, and this was one of them.}}
An institution that provides temporary housing for homeless people, battered women etc.
Derived terms
* bus shelter
Verb
(en verb )
To provide cover from damage or harassment; to shield; to protect.
* Dryden
- Those ruins sheltered once his sacred head.
* Southey
- You have no convents in which such persons may be received and sheltered .
To take cover.
- During the rainstorm, we sheltered under a tree.
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