Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Protection or shelter, as from danger or hardship.
- 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.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To shelter; protect; find refuge or excuse for.
- To take shelter.
- noun A dialectal form of
refuse . - noun Same as
isle of safety . - 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.
from 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 (Jewish Antiq.) 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 obsolete To shelter; to protect.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A state of
safety ,protection orshelter - noun A
place providing safety, protection or shelter - noun Something or someone turned to for safety or
assistance ; arecourse orresort - verb obsolete To shelter; to protect.
from 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This refuge is also a permanent home to many other species of fowl as well as feeding grounds for migratory birds.
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Taking refuge is not a passive act of placing ourselves in the hands of a higher power that will do everything for us, as the English word "refuge" might imply.
The Gelug-Kagyu Tradition of Mahamudra ��� 1 The Buddhist Framework 1997
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Convicted felon Roman Polanski, currently seeking refuge from the law in Switzerland, has issued an official public statement in regards to the push by the United States to have him extradited back to this country so that he can finally answer for his crimes and face punishment for his 1977 conviction of child rape.
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The refuge is home to such federally protected species as the Cahaba shiner, goldline darter, round rocksnail, and cylindrical lioplax snail.
Jim Noles: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Reconsiders Expansion of Alabama's Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge Jim Noles 2010
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In “Lost Continent”, a time traveler seeking refuge from a war-torn land faces hostility and bureaucratic incompetence.
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It's my favorite refuge from a cold, dark, lonely (drippy) world.
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The refuge is home to such federally protected species as the Cahaba shiner, goldline darter, round rocksnail, and cylindrical lioplax snail.
Jim Noles: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Reconsiders Expansion of Alabama's Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge Jim Noles 2010
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It really is an important refuge from the endless slew of problems-not-problems which I create for myself, and the folks there really know what they are doing.
The “Ten Things I Am Thankful For” Meme « The Graveyard 2009
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The 89-year-old justice was quietly working on his caseload at his Ft. Lauderdale, Florida condo, a second home that serves as his occasional refuge from the high-pressure atmosphere of the U.S.
Analysis: White House will find Justice Stevens tough to replace 2010
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It really is an important refuge from the endless slew of problems-not-problems which I create for myself, and the folks there really know what they are doing.
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