Definition of shelter

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

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Screen :: Screen (v. t.) To provide with a shelter or means of concealment; to separate or cut off from inconvenience, injury, or danger; to shelter; to protect; to protect by hiding; to conceal; as, fruits screened from cold winds by a forest or hill..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) A shaded place; shelter; protection; security.
Unharbored :: Unharbored (a.) Affording no harbor or shelter.
House :: House (v. i.) To take shelter or lodging; to abide to dwell; to lodge.
Hyemation :: Hyemation (n.) The act of affording shelter in winter.
Cove :: Cove (n.) A retired nook; especially, a small, sheltered inlet, creek, or bay; a recess in the shore..
Refuge :: Refuge (v. t.) To shelter; to protect.
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..
Gabion :: Gabion (n.) A hollow cylinder of wickerwork, like a basket without a bottom. Gabions are made of various sizes, and filled with earth in building fieldworks to shelter men from an enemy's fire..
Beild :: Beild (n.) A place of shelter; protection; refuge.
Bield :: Bield (n.) A shelter. Same as Beild.
Houseless :: Houseless (a.) Destitute of the shelter of a house; shelterless; homeless; as, a houseless wanderer..
Emboss :: Emboss (v. t.) To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to inclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood..
Ensconce :: Ensconce (v. t.) To cover or shelter, as with a sconce or fort; to place or hide securely; to conceal..
Levesel :: Levesel (n.) A leafy shelter; a place covered with foliage.
But :: But (v. t.) The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.
Hovel :: Hovel (v. t.) To put in a hovel; to shelter.
Sanctuarize :: Sanctuarize (v. t.) To shelter by means of a sanctuary or sacred privileges.
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..
Cover :: Cover (n.) Shelter; protection; as, the troops fought under cover of the batteries; the woods afforded a good cover..
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