 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
shelter
noun
1: a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
2: protective covering that provides protection from the
weather
3: the condition of being protected; "they were huddled
together for protection"; "he enjoyed a sense of peace and
protection in his new home" [syn: {protection}]
4: a way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay
on current earnings [syn: {tax shelter}]
5: temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons
verb
1: provide shelter for; "After the earthquake, the government
could not provide shelter for the thousands of homeless
people"
2: invest (money) so that it is not taxable
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Shelter \Shel"ter\, noun [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}, noun]
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Shelter \Shel"ter\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Shelter \Shel"ter\, verb (used without an object)
To take shelter.
There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat,
Shelters in cool. --Milton.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
128 Moby Thesaurus words for "shelter":
abri, accommodation, accommodations, air-raid shelter, arm, armor,
asylum, bed, berth, billet, blanket, bless, bomb shelter,
bombproof, bunk, bunker, cave, chamber, champion, cloak, coat,
compass about, concealment, copyright, cover, coverage, covering,
covert, coverture, cowl, cowling, curtain, cushion, cyclone cellar,
defend, defense, den, diggings, digs, domicile, domiciliate, drape,
drapery, dugout, dwelling, earth, ensure, eye, fallout shelter,
fence, fend, foxhole, funk hole, guarantee, guard, guise,
habitation, hanging, harbor, harborage, haven, hermitage, hide,
hideaway, hideout, hole up, home, hood, house, housing, insure,
keep, keep from harm, lay low, lee, lie low, living quarters,
lodge, lodging, lodgings, lodgment, make safe, mantle, mask,
nestle, pall, patent, police, port, preservation, protect,
protection, protective custody, put up, quarter, quarters, refuge,
register, retirement, retreat, ride shotgun for, roof, room, rooms,
roost, safeguard, safekeeping, safety, safety zone, sanctuary,
screen, secure, security, shade, shadow, shield, shroud,
sleeping place, stable, storm cave, storm cellar, tower, trench,
umbrella, underwrite, veil, vestment, watchful eye
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