Definition of shelter

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Shelter (n.) One who protects; a guardian; a defender.

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Roof :: Roof (v. t.) To inclose in a house; figuratively, to shelter..
Hide :: Hide (v. t.) To remove from danger; to shelter.
Herbergage :: Herbergage (n.) Harborage; lodging; shelter; harbor.
Refuge :: Refuge (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..
Snowshed :: Snowshed (n.) A shelter to protect from snow, esp. a long roof over an exposed part of a railroad..
Bield :: Bield (v. t.) To shelter.
Beild :: Beild (n.) A place of shelter; protection; refuge.
Shelter :: Shelter (v. t.) To be a shelter for; to provide with a shelter; to cover from injury or annoyance; to shield; to protect.
Sheltered :: Sheltered (imp. & p. p.) of Shelte.
Emboss :: Emboss (v. t.) To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to inclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood..
Defilade :: Defilade (v. t.) To raise, as a rampart, so as to shelter interior works commanded from some higher point..
Sanctuarize :: Sanctuarize (v. t.) To shelter by means of a sanctuary or sacred privileges.
Pannier :: Pannier (n.) A shield of basket work formerly used by archers as a shelter from the enemy's missiles.
Lodge :: Lodge (n.) To drive to shelter; to track to covert.
Imbosom :: Imbosom (v. t.) To inclose or place in the midst of; to surround or shelter; as, a house imbosomed in a grove..
Shade :: Shade (n.) That which intercepts, or shelters from, light or the direct rays of the sun; hence, also, that which protects from heat or currents of air; a screen; protection; shelter; cover; as, a lamp shade..
Hospital :: Hospital (n.) A place for shelter or entertainment; an inn.
Booly :: Booly (n.) A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers..
Lee :: Lee (n.) A sheltered place; esp., a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind; shelter; protection; as, the lee of a mountain, an island, or a ship..
Cover :: Cover (n.) The woods, underbrush, etc., which shelter and conceal game; covert; as, to beat a cover; to ride to cover..
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