Shelter
Shelter , noun
[Compare Old English scheltrun, shiltroun, schelltrome, scheldtrome, a guard, squadron, Anglo-Saxon scildtruma a troop of men with shields; scild shield + truma a band of men. See Shield, n.]
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.
2.
One who protects; a guardian; a defender.
Thou [God] hast been a shelter for me.
3.
The state of being covered and protected; protection; security.
Who into shelter takes their tender bloom.
Collocations (1)
Shelter tent , a small tent made of pieces of cotton duck arranged to button together. In field service the soldiers carry the pieces.
Shelter , transitive verb
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.
You have no convents... in which such persons may be received and sheltered.
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.
3.
To betake to cover, or to a safe place; -- used reflexively.
They sheltered themselves under a rock.
Shelter , intransitive verb
To take shelter.
There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat,
Shelters in cool.