shelter
Definition
- n. a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
- n. protective covering that provides protection from the weather
- n. temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons
- v. provide shelter for
Word forms
- Present participle
- sheltering
- Past participle
- sheltered
- Past tense
- sheltered
- Third person singular
- shelters
Example sentences
n.
The animal shelter provides a safe place for abandoned pets.
vt.
The organization shelters refugees from war-torn countries.
vi.
During the storm, we had to shelter under a large tree.