shelter
shelter
(ʃeltəʳ )Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense shelters , present participle sheltering , past tense, past participle sheltered
1. countable noun
2. uncountable noun
If a place provides shelter, it provides you with a place to stay or live, especially when you need protection from bad weather or danger.
The number of families seeking shelter rose by 17 percent.
Although horses do not generally mind the cold, shelter from rain and wind is important.
...the hut where they were given food and shelter.
3. countable noun
4. verb
If you shelter in a place, you stay there and are protected from bad weather or danger.
...a man sheltering in a doorway. [VERB preposition/adverb]
Twelve Cubans left the embassy after sheltering there for several days. [VERB preposition/adverb]
5. verb [usually passive]
If a place or thing is sheltered by something, it is protected by that thing from wind and rain.
...a wooden house, sheltered by a low pointed roof. [VERB-ed]
6. verb
7. See also sheltered
