A refuge, haven or other cover or protection from something. / An institution that provides temporary housing for homeless people, battered women, etc.

(transitive) To provide cover from damage or harassment; to shield; to protect. / (intransitive) To take cover.

Protected, as from wind or weather. / (sociology) (Of a person) who grew up being overprotected by parents or other guardians; often implies a lack of social skills or worldly experience

simple past tense and past participle of shelter

present participle of shelter

A shelter; a structure beneath which one shelters.

plural of shelter

A person who takes shelter. / A person who provides shelter.

plural of sheltering

plural of shelterer