A state of safety, protection or shelter. / A place providing safety, protection or shelter. / Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort.

(intransitive) To return to a place of shelter. / (transitive, obsolete) To shelter; to protect.

plural of refuge

simple past tense and past participle of refuge

present participle of refuge

(intransitive) to shelter; to hole up

A raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street crossing, allowing pedestrians to pause safely in the middle of the road.

A women's shelter.

A refuge island.

plural of pedestrian refuge