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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..

Shelter :: Shelter (n.) The state of being covered and protected; protection; security.

Hedge :: Hedge (v. i.) To shelter one's self from danger, risk, duty, responsibility, etc., as if by hiding in or behind a hedge; to skulk; to slink; to shirk obligations..

Unhoused :: Unhoused (a.) Not provided with a house or shelter; houseless; homeless.

Housing :: Housing (n.) That which shelters or covers; houses, taken collectively..

Protective :: Protective (a.) Affording protection; sheltering; defensive.

Hive :: Hive (v. i.) To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body.

Refugee :: Refugee (n.) One who flees to a shelter, or place of safety..

Embower :: Embower (v. t.) To cover with a bower; to shelter with trees.

Shield :: Shield (n.) Anything which protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.

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..

Barth :: Barth (n.) A place of shelter for cattle.

Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.

Shade :: Shade (n.) That which intercepts, or shelters from, light or the direct rays of the sun; hence, also, that which protects from heat or currents of air; a screen; protection; shelter; cover; as, a lamp shade..

Havened :: Havened (p. a.) Sheltered in a haven.

Quartter :: Quartter (v. t.) To furnish with shelter or entertainment; to supply with the means of living for a time; especially, to furnish shelter to; as, to quarter soldiers..

House :: House (v. t.) To take or put into a house; to shelter under a roof; to cover from the inclemencies of the weather; to protect by covering; as, to house one's family in a comfortable home; to house farming utensils; to house cattle..

Shroud :: Shroud (v. i.) To take shelter or harbor.

Inhospitable :: Inhospitable (a.) Affording no shelter or sustenance; barren; desert; bleak; cheerless; wild.

Protection :: Protection (n.) The act of protecting, or the state of being protected; preservation from loss, injury, or annoyance; defense; shelter; as, the weak need protection..

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