Definition of shelter

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

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Hive :: Hive (v. i.) To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body.
Wild :: Wild (superl.) Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered; as, a wild roadstead..
Mew :: Mew (n.) A cage for hawks while mewing; a coop for fattening fowls; hence, any inclosure; a place of confinement or shelter; -- in the latter sense usually in the plural..
Inhospitable :: Inhospitable (a.) Affording no shelter or sustenance; barren; desert; bleak; cheerless; wild.
Harborless :: Harborless (a.) Without a harbor; shelterless.
Winter-ground :: Winter-ground (v. t.) To coved over in the season of winter, as for protection or shelter; as, to winter-ground the roods of a plant..
Covert :: Covert (a.) A place that covers and protects; a shelter; a defense.
Shieling :: Shieling (n.) A hut or shelter for shepherds of fishers. See Sheeling.
Rooflet :: Rooflet (n.) A small roof, covering, or shelter..
Bosomy :: Bosomy (a.) Characterized by recesses or sheltered hollows.
Bower :: Bower (n.) A shelter or covered place in a garden, made with boughs of trees or vines, etc., twined together; an arbor; a shady recess..
Embower :: Embower (v. t.) To cover with a bower; to shelter with trees.
Shade :: Shade (v. t.) To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from.
Scug :: Scug (n.) A place of shelter; the declivity of a hill.
Weather-fend :: Weather-fend (v. t.) To defend from the weather; to shelter.
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..
Henhouse :: Henhouse (n.) A house or shelter for fowls.
Shelter :: Shelter (v. i.) To take shelter.
Beild :: Beild (n.) A place of shelter; protection; refuge.
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