Definition of shelter

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Shelter (v. t.) To betake to cover, or to a safe place; -- used reflexively..

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Screen :: Screen (n.) Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire screen..
Lodge :: Lodge (n.) A shelter in which one may rest; as: (a) A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; as, an Indian's lodge..
Scug :: Scug (n.) A place of shelter; the declivity of a hill.
Embosom :: Embosom (v. t.) To inclose or surround; to shelter closely; to place in the midst of something.
Cover :: Cover (n.) The woods, underbrush, etc., which shelter and conceal game; covert; as, to beat a cover; to ride to cover..
Housing :: Housing (n.) The act of putting or receiving under shelter; the state of dwelling in a habitation.
Nestle :: Nestle (v. i.) To lie close and snug, as a bird in her nest; to cuddle up; to settle, as in a nest; to harbor; to take shelter..
Bosomy :: Bosomy (a.) Characterized by recesses or sheltered hollows.
Harbor :: Harbor (v. i.) To lodge, or abide for a time; to take shelter, as in a harbor..
Refuge :: Refuge (n.) Shelter or protection from danger or distress.
Unhoused :: Unhoused (a.) Not provided with a house or shelter; houseless; homeless.
Crow''s-nest :: Crow's-nest (n.) A box or perch near the top of a mast, esp. in whalers, to shelter the man on the lookout..
Cover :: Cover (n.) Shelter; protection; as, the troops fought under cover of the batteries; the woods afforded a good cover..
Inn :: Inn (n.) A place of shelter; hence, dwelling; habitation; residence; abode..
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..
Port :: Port (v.) A place where ships may ride secure from storms; a sheltered inlet, bay, or cove; a harbor; a haven. Used also figuratively..
Cote :: Cote (n.) A shed, shelter, or inclosure for small domestic animals, as for sheep or doves..
Camp :: Camp (n.) A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp..
Lithodomus :: Lithodomus (n.) A genus of elongated bivalve shells, allied to the mussels, and remarkable for their ability to bore holes for shelter, in solid limestone, shells, etc. Called also Lithophagus..
Bescreen :: Bescreen (v. t.) To cover with a screen, or as with a screen; to shelter; to conceal..
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