shelter
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English sheltron, sheldtrume (“roof or wall formed by locked shields”), from Old English sċildtruma, sċyldtruma (“a phalanx, company (of troops), a tortoise, a covering, shed, shelter”, literally “shield-troop”), from sċyld, sċield (“shield”) + truma (“a troop of soldiers”). Cognate with Scots schilthrum, schiltrum. More at shield, and Old English trymman (“to strengthen”), from trum (“strong, firm”) at trim.
Doublet of sheltron (a kind of military formation), which is the more conservative of the two.
Inflected forms:
form: shelters
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: shelters
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: sheltering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: sheltered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: sheltered
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Somewhere one can find protection.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: The band of explorers found a shelter behind the waterfall, which they rested at for three days.
rock shelter
gloss: Somewhere one can find protection.
pos: noun
tags: countable
usually
examples: The detective kept them in view. He made his way casually along the inside of the shelter until he reached an open scuttle close to where the two men were standing talking. Eavesdropping was not a thing Larard would have practised from choice, but there were times when, in the public interest, he had to do it, and this was one of them.
bus shelter
waiting shelter
gloss: Somewhere one can find protection.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: tornado shelter
fallout shelter
air-raid shelter
gloss: Somewhere one can find protection.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: (in compounds)
women's shelter
homeless shelter
gloss: Somewhere one can find protection.
pos: noun
tags: countable
often
examples: I wish more people would look for pets at the shelter before turning to breeders!
kill shelter
gloss: That which provides protection or cover.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Along with air, water, and food, shelter is often recognized as a human necessity.
gloss: The state of being protected or shielded.
pos: noun
tags: abstract
uncountable
gloss: To provide cover from damage or harassment; to shield; to protect.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Those ruins sheltered once his sacred head.
You have no convents […] in which such persons may be received and sheltered.
gloss: To take cover.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: During the rainstorm, we sheltered under a tree.
Related words: cover
roof
shed
shield
Derived words: Adirondack shelter
air-raid shelter
Anderson shelter
animal shelter
bomb shelter
bus shelter
cooling shelter
enshelter
fallout shelter
fall-out shelter
homeless shelter
inshelter
kill shelter
Morrison shelter
night shelter
no-kill shelter
rock shelter
shelterable
shelterage
shelter belt
shelterbelt
sheltercraft
shelter deck
shelter dog
shelteree
shelterer
shelter half
shelter-half
shelterin
shelter in place
shelter-in-place
shelterless
sheltermate
sheltersome
shelter tent
shelterwood
sheltery
tax shelter
tornado shelter
typhoon shelter
waiting shelter
women's shelter
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: strehë
lang: Arabic
word: مَلَاذ
roman: malāḏ
lang: Arabic
word: مَخْلَص
roman: maḵlaṣ
lang: Armenian
word: ապաստան
roman: apastan
lang: Azerbaijani
word: sığıncaq
lang: Azerbaijani
word: pənah
lang: Azerbaijani
word: daldalanacaq
lang: Basque
word: aterpe
lang: Belarusian
word: прыту́лак
roman: prytúlak
lang: Belarusian
word: прыста́нішча
roman: prystánišča
lang: Belarusian
word: прыста́нак
roman: prystának
lang: Belarusian
word: укры́цце
roman: ukrýccje
lang: Belarusian
word: укрыццё
roman: ukryccjó
lang: Bengali
word: আশ্রয়
roman: asroẏ
lang: Bengali
word: পানা
roman: pana
lang: Bulgarian
word: убе́жище
roman: ubéžište
lang: Burmese
word: အရိပ်အာဝါသ
roman: a.rip-awasa.
lang: Catalan
word: aixopluc
lang: Catalan
word: recer
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 棲身之地 /栖身之地
roman: qīshēn zhīdì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 住處 /住处
roman: zhùchù
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 庇護 /庇护
roman: bìhù
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 掩蔽
roman: yǎnbì
lang: Czech
word: útočiště
lang: Old Czech
word: brh
lang: Danish
word: ly
lang: Dutch
word: onderdak
lang: Dutch
word: toevluchtsoord
lang: Dutch
word: hokje
lang: Dutch
word: schuilplaats
lang: Egyptian
word: k-A-p:V19
roman: kꜣp
lang: Egyptian
word: n-i-A-i-S36
roman: njꜣj
lang: Esperanto
word: ŝirmo
lang: Estonian
word: peavari
lang: Finnish
word: suojapaikka
lang: Finnish
word: turvapaikka
lang: Finnish
word: suoja
lang: French
word: abri
lang: French
word: refuge
lang: Georgian
word: თავშესაფარი
roman: tavšesapari
lang: Georgian
word: ნავსაყუდელი
roman: navsaq̇udeli
lang: Georgian
word: სავანე
roman: savane
lang: German
word: Zuflucht
lang: German
word: Obdach
lang: German
word: Zufluchtsort
lang: German
word: Schutzraum
lang: Greek
word: καταφύγιο
roman: katafýgio
lang: Ancient Greek
word: σκέπη
roman: sképē
lang: Hebrew
word: מִקְלָט
roman: miklát
lang: Hebrew
word: מַחֲסֶה
roman: maẖasé
lang: Hindi
word: शरण
roman: śaraṇ
lang: Hindi
word: शरणालय
roman: śarṇālay
lang: Hindi
word: पनाह
roman: panāh
lang: Hindi
word: पनाहगाह
roman: panāhgāh
lang: Hindi
word: बसेरा
roman: baserā
lang: Hungarian
word: menedék
lang: Hungarian
word: védelem
lang: Hungarian
word: oltalom
lang: Hungarian
word: menedékhely
lang: Hungarian
word: óvóhely
lang: Hungarian
word: menedékház
lang: Hungarian
word: búvóhely
lang: Hungarian
word: fedett váró/megálló
lang: Icelandic
word: skjól
lang: Icelandic
word: athvarf
lang: Indonesian
word: penaungan
lang: Indonesian
word: penampungan
lang: Indonesian
word: tempat perlindungan
lang: Ingrian
word: varjo
lang: Irish
word: foscadh
lang: Irish
word: fothain
lang: Italian
word: rifugio
lang: Italian
word: riparo
lang: Japanese
word: 避難所
roman: hinanjo
lang: Kabuverdianu
word: gazadju
lang: Kazakh
word: баспана
roman: baspana
lang: Kazakh
word: пана
roman: pana
lang: Khmer
word: ជំរក
roman: cumrɔɔk
lang: Korean
word: 피난처
roman: pinancheo
lang: Korean
word: 대피소
roman: daepiso
lang: Kyrgyz
word: башкалка
roman: başkalka
lang: Ladin
word: sosta
lang: Lao
word: ທັບ
roman: thap
lang: Lao
word: ນິດໃສ
roman: nit sai
lang: Lao
word: ສາທະນະ
roman: sā tha na
lang: Lao
word: ສ້ອງ
roman: sǭng
lang: Latin
word: tegmen
lang: Latin
word: suffugium
lang: Latin
word: tūtum
lang: Latvian
word: pajumte
lang: Latvian
word: patversme
lang: Lithuanian
word: pastogė
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Ënnerdaach
lang: Macedonian
word: засолниште
roman: zasolnište
lang: Malay
word: tempat perlindungan
lang: Malayalam
word: ഷെൽറ്റർ
roman: ṣelṟṟaṟ
lang: Malayalam
word: അഭയസ്ഥാനം
roman: abhayasthānaṁ
lang: Māori
word: tūrutu
lang: Māori
word: pātūtū
lang: Māori
word: tāwharau
lang: Māori
word: māhauhau
lang: Māori
word: whakaruru
lang: Nepali
word: आवास
roman: āvās
lang: Nepali
word: शरण
roman: śaraṇ
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: ly
lang: Old Church Slavonic
word: щоуждекръмьница
roman: štuždekrŭmĭnica
lang: Iranian Persian
word: پَناهْگاه
roman: panâhgâh
lang: Iranian Persian
word: مَخْلَص
roman: maxlas
lang: Iranian Persian
word: پَناه
roman: panâh
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Schulinj
lang: Polish
word: schronienie
lang: Polish
word: schronisko
lang: Polish
word: przytułek
lang: Portuguese
word: refúgio
lang: Portuguese
word: abrigo
lang: Portuguese
word: amparo
lang: Portuguese
word: asilo
lang: Romanian
word: adăpost
lang: Russian
word: убе́жище
roman: ubéžišče
lang: Russian
word: укры́тие
roman: ukrýtije
lang: Russian
word: прию́т
roman: prijút
lang: Russian
word: прибе́жище
roman: pribéžišče
lang: Russian
word: приста́нище
roman: pristánišče
lang: Sanskrit
word: शरण
roman: śaraṇa
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: dìon
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: у̀точӣште
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ùtočīšte
lang: Slovak
word: útočisko
lang: Slovene
word: zaklonišče
lang: Spanish
word: abrigo
lang: Spanish
word: amparo
lang: Spanish
word: abrigadero
lang: Spanish
word: abrigaño
lang: Spanish
word: cobijo
lang: Swedish
word: skydd
lang: Tajik
word: паноҳгоҳ
roman: panohgoh
lang: Tajik
word: гурезгоҳ
roman: gurezgoh
lang: Tajik
word: панох
roman: panox
lang: Thai
word: ที่หลบภัย
lang: Thai
word: อาวรณ์
roman: aa-wɔɔn
lang: Thai
word: ร่มไม้ชายคา
lang: Thai
word: ที่พักอาศัย
lang: Turkish
word: sığınak
lang: Turkish
word: barınak
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: التجا
roman: iltica
lang: Ukrainian
word: приту́лок
roman: prytúlok
lang: Ukrainian
word: укриття́
roman: ukryttjá
lang: Urdu
word: پَناہ
roman: panāh
lang: Urdu
word: شَرَن
roman: śaran
lang: Urdu
word: پَناہ گاہ
roman: panāh gāh
lang: Uyghur
word: پاناھگاھ
roman: panahgah
lang: Uyghur
word: پاناھ
roman: panah
lang: Uzbek
word: boshpana
lang: Uzbek
word: panohgoh
lang: Uzbek
word: panoh
lang: Vietnamese
word: chỗ che
lang: Vietnamese
word: chỗ ẩn
lang: Vietnamese
word: chỗ núp
lang: Welsh
word: cysgod
lang: Welsh
word: lloches
lang: Zazaki
word: serte (diq)
lang: Zazaki
word: komek
lang: Armenian
word: ապաստարան
roman: apastaran
lang: Bulgarian
word: прию́т
roman: prijút
lang: Dutch
word: opvang
lang: Estonian
word: peavari
lang: Finnish
word: yömaja
lang: French
word: refuge
lang: Greek
word: άσυλο
roman: ásylo
lang: Greek
word: στέγη
roman: stégi
lang: Hungarian
word: menedékhely
lang: Hungarian
word: menhely
lang: Hungarian
word: hajléktalanszálló
lang: Irish
word: dídean
lang: Latvian
word: pajumte
lang: Latvian
word: patversme
lang: Lithuanian
word: pastogė
lang: Macedonian
word: прифатилиште
roman: prifatilište
lang: Malayalam
word: അഭയമന്ദിരം
roman: abhayamandiraṁ
lang: Portuguese
word: abrigo
lang: Portuguese
word: refúgio
lang: Russian
word: прию́т
roman: prijút
lang: Russian
word: убе́жище
roman: ubéžišče
lang: Russian
word: ночле́жка
roman: nočléžka
lang: Russian
word: ше́лтер
roman: šéltɛr
lang: Spanish
word: albergue