shelter
VERB:
1. to be a shelter for; afford shelter to:
The old barn sheltered him from the rain.
2. to provide with a shelter; place under cover.
3. to protect, as by shelter; take under one's protection:
Parents should not try to shelter their children from normal childhood disappointments.
4. to take shelter; find a refuge:
He sheltered in a barn.
5. to provide with or protect by a shelter.
6. to take cover, as from rain; find refuge.
7. to act as a shelter for; take under one's protection.
8. to constitute or provide a shelter for; protect:
has led a sheltered life.
9. to place under shelter or protection:
sheltered himself in a mountain cave.
10. to take shelter.
Origin:
1575–85; perhaps alteration of obsolete sheltron testudo, Old English scieldtruma, equivalent to scield shield + truma body of fighting men; see trim. Dictionary 2: C16: of uncertain origin. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of shelter: Noun: 1585. Verb: 1590. History and Etymology for shelter: Noun: origin unknown. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
1. to be a shelter for; afford shelter to:
The old barn sheltered him from the rain.
2. to provide with a shelter; place under cover.
3. to protect, as by shelter; take under one's protection:
Parents should not try to shelter their children from normal childhood disappointments.
4. to take shelter; find a refuge:
He sheltered in a barn.
5. to provide with or protect by a shelter.
6. to take cover, as from rain; find refuge.
7. to act as a shelter for; take under one's protection.
8. to constitute or provide a shelter for; protect:
has led a sheltered life.
9. to place under shelter or protection:
sheltered himself in a mountain cave.
10. to take shelter.
Origin:
1575–85; perhaps alteration of obsolete sheltron testudo, Old English scieldtruma, equivalent to scield shield + truma body of fighting men; see trim. Dictionary 2: C16: of uncertain origin. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of shelter: Noun: 1585. Verb: 1590. History and Etymology for shelter: Noun: origin unknown. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.