Definitions for: Shelter


[n] a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
[n] protective covering that provides protection from the weather
[n] a way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay on current earnings
[n] the condition of being protected; "they were huddled together for protection"; "he enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home"
[v] provide shelter for; "After the earthquake, the government could not provide shelter for the thousands of homeless people"



Webster (1913) Definition: Shel"ter, n. [Cf. OE. scheltrun, shiltroun,
schelltrome, scheldtrome, a guard, squadron, AS. 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. --Pope.

2. One who protects; a guardian; a defender.

Thou [God] hast been a shelter for me. --Ps. lxi. 3.

3. The state of being covered and protected; protection;
security.

Who into shelter takes their tender bloom. --Young.

Shelter tent,a small tent made of pieces of cotton duck
arranged to button together. In field service the soldiers
carry the pieces.

Syn: Asylum; refuge; retreat; covert; sanctuary; protection;
defense; security.


Shel"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sheltered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Sheltering.]
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.
--Dryden.

You have no convents . . . in which such persons may
be received and sheltered. --Southey.

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. --Prior.

3. To betake to cover, or to a safe place; -- used
reflexively.

They sheltered themselves under a rock. --Abp.
Abbot.


Shel"ter, v. i.
To take shelter.

There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat, Shelters
in cool. --Milton.

Synonyms: protection, tax shelter

See Also: air-raid shelter, army hut, asylum, bell cot, bell cote, birdhouse, bomb shelter, bombproof, canopy, collapsible shelter, columbarium, construction, cookhouse, cote, cyclone cellar, decrease, diminution, domiciliate, dovecote, dugout, fallout shelter, field hut, furnish, harbor, harbour, haven, house, hovel, hut, hutch, indemnity, insurance, kennel, lean-to, loft, mantelet, mantlet, oasis, pigeon loft, protection, protective cover, protective covering, provide, put up, radioprotection, reduction, refuge, render, roost, sanctuary, security, sentry box, shack, shanty, stable, stall, step-down, storm cellar, structure, supply, tent, tornado cellar

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