shelter
n. பாதுகாப்பு, பாதுகாப்புநிலை, நிழலீடு, வெயில் தடைகாப்பு, மழைக்காப்பு, இடர்காப்பு, மறைவிடம், மறைதட்டி, காப்புத்திரை, ஒதுக்கிடம், காப்பிடம், புகலிடம், தங்கிடம், இடர்காப்பிடம், தங்கல், தங்குமனை, குடில் (வினை.) பாதுகாப்பளி, தடைகாப்புச் செய், பாதுகாவலாயிரு, தடைகாப்பாயிரு, மறைந்தாதரவு செய், தங்கிடம், கொடு, தங்கிடமாயுதவு, குற்றசாட்டிலிருந்து காப்பாற்று இடர் தடுத்துதவு.
Synonyms
#verb shield, conceal, cover, protect, screen #noun refuge, cover, harbor, asylum, retreat, shield, security,sanctuary, [see divide]
Antonyms
#verb expose, surrender, betray, imperil, endanger #noun
Shel"ter, n. Etym: [Cf. OE. scheltrun, shiltroun, schelltrome, scheldtrome, a guard, squadron, AS. scildtruma a troop of men with shields; scild shield + truma a band of men. See Shield, n.] 1. That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen. The sick and weak the healing plant shall aid, From storms a shelter, and from heat a shade. Pope. 2. One who protects; a guardian; a defender. Thou [God] hast been a shelter for me. Ps. lxi. 3. 3. The state of being covered and protected; protection; security. Who into shelter takes their tender bloom. Young. Shelter tent,a small tent made of pieces of cotton duck arranged to button together. In field service the soldiers carry the pieces. Syn. -- Asylum; refuge; retreat; covert; sanctuary; protection; defense; security. Shel"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sheltered; p. pr. & vb. n. Sheltering.] 1. To be a shelter for; to provide with a shelter; to cover from injury or annoyance; to shield; to protect. Those ruins sheltered once his sacred head. Dryden. You have no convents . . . in which such persons may be received and sheltered. Southey. 2. To screen or cover from notice; to disguise. In vain I strove to cheek my growing flame, Or shelter passion under friendship's name. Prior. 3. To betake to cover, or to a safe place; -- used reflexively. They sheltered themselves under a rock. Abp. Abbot. Shel"ter, v. i. Defn: To take shelter. There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat, Shelters in cool. Milton.