Refuge

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  • noun. Protection or shelter, as from danger or hardship.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A place providing protection or shelter.
  • noun. An undeveloped area for the preservation of animals and plants.
  • noun. A source of help, relief, or comfort in times of trouble: synonym: shelter.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A dialectal form of refuse.
  • noun. Same as isle of safety.
  • To shelter; protect; find refuge or excuse for.
  • To take shelter.
  • noun. Shelter or protection from danger or distress.
  • noun. That which shelters or protects from danger, distress, or calamity; a stronghold which protects by its strength, or a sanctuary which secures safety by its sacredness; any place where one is out of the way of a threatened danger or evil; specifically, an institution where the destitute or homeless find temporary shelter; an asylum.
  • noun. An expedient to secure protection, defense, or excuse; a device; a contrivance; a shift; a resource.
  • noun. Synonyms Safety, security.
  • noun. Asylum, retreat, sanctuary, harbor, covert.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Shelter or protection from danger or distress.
  • noun. That which shelters or protects from danger, or from distress or calamity; a stronghold which protects by its strength, or a sanctuary which secures safety by its sacredness; a place inaccessible to an enemy.
  • noun. An expedient to secure protection or defense; a device or contrivance.
  • noun. certain cities appointed as places of safe refuge for persons who had committed homicide without design. Of these there were three on each side of Jordan.
  • noun. a charitable institution for giving shelter and protection to the homeless, destitute, or tempted.
  • transitive verb. To shelter; to protect.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A state of safety, protection or shelter
  • noun. A place providing safety, protection or shelter
  • noun. Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort
  • verb. To shelter; to protect.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a safe place
  • noun. act of turning to for assistance
  • noun. something or someone turned to for assistance or security
  • noun. a shelter from danger or hardship
  • Word Usage
    "This refuge is also a permanent home to many other species of fowl as well as feeding grounds for migratory birds."
    Form
    refugee  refugium  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    aid  assist  assistance  help  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    alibi  apology  asylum  asylum  blind  
    verb-form