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                            shelter
verbs 
take shelter 
(= go into a place where you are protected from something )
• When it started raining, they took shelter in a cave. 
find shelter 
• He slept wherever he could find shelter. 
seek shelter 
formal (= try to find shelter )
• They sought shelter under the trees. 
run for shelter 
• The residents were running for shelter from the bombing. 
give/provide shelter 
• The trees gave shelter from the wind. 
                        
                        
 
                        
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                              noun protection from danger/bad weather  VERB + SHELTER  afford (sb), give (sb), offer (sb), provide (sb with) The great elm trees gave shelter from the wind. | need | find, run for, seek, take | refuse sb The nuns won't refuse you shelter. | leave We had to leave the shelter of the trees. PREP.  in/under the ~ of standing in the shelter of the shop doorway | ~ from to seek shelter from the rain PHRASES  shelter for the night small building that gives protection  ADJ.  makeshift, temporary | stone, underground, wooden | air-raid, bomb, bus, emergency, fallout VERB + SHELTER  build, erect, make, put up The villagers were building temporary shelters. PREP.  in a/the ~ You'll be safer in the shelter. | ~ for a shelter for cattle
                        
                        
 
                        
                            Oxford Collocations Dictionary