Sheltering

Synonyms for "sheltering" (41 found)

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Related word relations

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More general

9 entries
accommodationfacilityhabitat featurehumanitarian actionmicrohabitatprotectionprotective descriptorsafetysecurity

More specific

19 entries
asylum grantburrowbus shelterdenemergency shelteremergency shelteringhousing refugeesnestrain shelteringrefugerefuge hostingrefuge provisionrefugiasanctuarystorm shelterstorm sheltering

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Collocations

16 entries
emergency shelteringhousing refugeesprotective shelteringsheltering arrangementssheltering canopysheltering capacitysheltering environmentsheltering facilitiessheltering in placesheltering measuressheltering policiessheltering policysheltering programssheltering refugeessheltering structuretemporary sheltering

Inflections

5 entries
more shelteringmost shelteringshelteredshelteringsshelters

Derivations

4 entries

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Then, like wolves ravening in a black fog, whom mad malice of hunger hath driven blindly forth, and their cubs left behind await with throats unslaked; through the weapons of the enemy we march to certain death, and hold our way straight into the town. Night's sheltering shadow flutters dark around us.

Source: tatoeba (6777966)

His ships he hides within a sheltering cove, / screened by the caverned rock, and shadowed by the grove, / then wielding in his hand two broad-tipt spears, / alone with brave Achates forth he strayed.

Source: tatoeba (6786832)

But lo! the serpents to Tritonia's seat / glide from their victim, till the shrine they gain, / and, coiled beside the goddess, at her feet, / behind her sheltering shield with gathered orbs retreat.

Source: tatoeba (6814592)

Sheltering kids does them a disservice.

Source: tatoeba (11168248)

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