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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
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