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shelter 2, verb(dictionary)

shelter(2) (iou)



shelter verb. L16.
[from the noun.]
verb trans. Be or provide a shelter for; protect from the weather, danger, attack, etc.; conceal; be a place of safety or refuge for. L16.
W. Cruise The vendor..made use of the act for sheltering fraud. Times A..centre that shelters battered women. R. Fraser No trees then sheltered the building.
b. Protect (invested income) from taxation; invest (money) with this purpose. M20.
verb intrans. & refl. Take shelter (from); find refuge from danger, attack, etc.; find protection or safety. L16.
Sir W. Scott Sheltering myself behind the Prelate's authority. F. Spalding Rows of figures sheltering from air-raids on the underground platforms.
shelterer noun a person who takes shelter, esp. from an air raid; a person who gives shelter to another: E18.