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Sheltermate vs. Shelter

Sheltermate and Shelter Definitions

Sheltermate

A person with whom one shares a shelter

Shelter

Something, especially a structure, that provides cover or protection, as from the weather
A shelter for hikers.

Shelter

An institution providing temporary housing and sometimes counseling, as for the homeless, runaways, or victims of domestic violence.

Shelter

An establishment that cares for unwanted or stray animals and tries to find owners for them.

Shelter

The state of being covered or protected
The fox found shelter in a cave.

Shelter

To provide cover or protection for
Trees that sheltered the cows.
Agents who sheltered the spies.
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Shelter

To invest (income) to protect it from taxation.

Shelter

To take cover; find refuge
We sheltered under the store's awning during the storm.

Shelter

A refuge, haven or other cover or protection from something.

Shelter

An institution that provides temporary housing for homeless people, battered women, etc.

Shelter

(transitive) To provide cover from damage or harassment; to shield; to protect.

Shelter

(intransitive) To take cover.
During the rainstorm, we sheltered under a tree.
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Shelter

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.

Shelter

One who protects; a guardian; a defender.
Thou [God] hast been a shelter for me.

Shelter

The state of being covered and protected; protection; security.
Who into shelter takes their tender bloom.

Shelter

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

Shelter

To screen or cover from notice; to disguise.
In vain I strove to cheek my growing flame,Or shelter passion under friendship's name.

Shelter

To betake to cover, or to a safe place; - used reflexively.
They sheltered themselves under a rock.
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Shelter

To take shelter.
There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat,Shelters in cool.

Shelter

A structure that provides privacy and protection from danger

Shelter

Protective covering that provides protection from the weather

Shelter

The condition of being protected;
They were huddled together for protection
He enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home

Shelter

A way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay on current earnings

Shelter

Temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons

Shelter

Provide shelter for;
After the earthquake, the government could not provide shelter for the thousands of homeless people

Shelter

Invest (money) so that it is not taxable

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