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shelter
/ˈʃeltər/ verbDefinition
shelter from/in/under, etc › to go under a cover or inside a building to be protected from bad weather or danger: They went under a tree to shelter from the rain.
› [T] to provide cover or protection for someone: Many households are already sheltering refugees.
(Definition of shelter verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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