shelter

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Regno Unito/[ˈʃʰɛltʰə]/
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Somewhere one can find protection. A place where a person or animal may find protection from the elements (especially rain, storms, or cold) sometimes as a place to sleep (such as a cave).

sostantivo

1
Somewhere one can find protection. A place where a person or animal may find protection from the elements (especially rain, storms, or cold) sometimes as a place to sleep (such as a cave).
The band of explorers found a shelter behind the waterfall, which they rested at for three days.
rock shelter
2
Somewhere one can find protection. A bare-bones above-ground structure meant to provide temporary cover from the elements; usually small and with no door to close.
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
3
Somewhere one can find protection. A place for protection from deadly conditions outside, including military assault; usually partly or fully underground.
tornado shelter
fallout shelter
air-raid shelter
4
Somewhere one can find protection. A refuge, sanctuary, or (by metonymy) institution that provides temporary housing or a place to sleep for those in need or in danger.
(in compounds)
women's shelter
homeless shelter
5
Somewhere one can find protection. A refuge, sanctuary, or (by metonymy) institution that provides temporary housing or a place to sleep for those in need or in danger. An animal shelter.
I wish more people would look for pets at the shelter before turning to breeders!
kill shelter
6
That which provides protection or cover.
Along with air, water, and food, shelter is often recognized as a human necessity.
7
The state of being protected or shielded.

Etimologia

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.

verbo

1
To provide cover from damage or harassment; to shield; to protect.
Those ruins sheltered once his sacred head.
You have no convents […] in which such persons may be received and sheltered.
2
To take cover.
During the rainstorm, we sheltered under a tree.

Forme

plurale: shelters
passato: sheltered
participio passato: sheltered
participio presente: sheltering
3ª persona singolare: shelters

Shells · A surname.shelly · Composed of the shells of dead marine creatures Shelly · A surname from Old English, variant of Shelley.

shelter · Somewhere one can find protection. A place where a person or animal may find protection from the elements (especially rain, storms, or cold)…

sheltered · Protected, as from wind or weather.Shelton · A surname.shen · A deity or a spirit, in Chinese folk religion.

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