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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
shelter
I.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bus shelter (=a small covered area where you wait for a bus)
▪ Some kids had vandalized the bus shelter.
a sheltered upbringing (=one in which someone is protected from difficult or unpleasant experiences)
▪ I'd had a very sheltered upbringing, so going to college was a real eye-opener.
bomb shelter
bus shelter
fallout shelter
seek refuge/asylum/shelter (=try to find somewhere safe)
▪ They sought refuge inside the castle.
tax shelter
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
animal
▪ While he continued to paint, James had taken a low-paying job at an animal shelter.
▪ Fifteen years ago you never saw a Rottweiler in an animal shelter.
▪ Contributions of money will help the league build an animal shelter.
homeless
▪ Four out of five homeless people seeking shelter at a city centre night hostel are being turned away because of overcrowding.
▪ Last month, children accounted for 1, 412 of the 5, 299 people living in homeless shelters in the city.
▪ Everyone knew that would drive up spending on welfare and homeless shelters.
▪ They never had enough money, so they lived in various hotels, apartments and homeless shelters.
▪ They lived in hotels and homeless shelters.
▪ They enjoyed researching everything from homeless shelters to environmental advocacy groups.
▪ They lived in a homeless shelter until a room opened up at the Reiss Hotel.
temporary
▪ Her loving parental home, she knows, is only a temporary shelter.
▪ He also gave me temporary shelter.
▪ AT first they build temporary shelters by weaving a kind of palm branch into matting from which they make little houses.
▪ Red Cross volunteers are providing food, clothing and temporary shelter to the residents.
▪ Another 4,000 have been found temporary shelter with families.
▪ Could we have temporary shelter in Itado in case the weather grew worse?
■ NOUN
bomb
▪ Feb. 13 At least 300 civilians killed in allied attack on Baghdad bomb shelter.
▪ The only thing less suited to the big screen would be a movie set in a bomb shelter.
▪ Until church members complete a sewer system, they have been forbidden to use their newly hewn bomb shelters.
▪ They even went down to the basement bomb shelter and shook pillows.
▪ Every church compound has a bomb shelter.
▪ Bennett persuades his family to build a bomb shelter.
▪ The idea of turning the most historic room in the nation into a bomb shelter struck me as in exceedingly bad taste.
▪ Residents remained in the bomb shelters Saturday.
bus
▪ A bus shelter feet away was blown to bits.
▪ Damien writhed in anger as he stood penned in the bus shelter like an animal, with this herd of obnoxious Cockneys.
▪ When they're still young, girls hang around bus stations, leisure centres, bus shelters or each other's doorsteps.
▪ We will, however, investigate the options for altering the layout of the present advertising bus shelter.
▪ We propose to have a meeting with Adshel with respect to the two bus shelters.
▪ The traffic had started to move more freely now and he walked to the bus shelter at the roadside, and waited.
▪ It was starting to rain, so the three of us sat in a bus shelter.
▪ At a quarter to three I was in position behind the grime-sprayed glass of a bus shelter on the Banbury Road.
fallout
▪ He was on his way to a shopping center in Jeff Parish where a model fallout shelter was on display.
night
▪ The me who said she'd never stay in a hostel again was now on her way to a night shelter.
▪ People staying in some short-stay hostels or night shelters. 5.
▪ Mike Maxwell, a parishioner of St Teresa's, Blacon, works as a volunteer at the night shelter.
▪ So homeless organisations may have to rely on charity to provide the extra night shelter.
raid
▪ Village halls across the country become display areas for gas masks, air raid shelters and bomb disposal demonstrations.
▪ These apparently doubled as personal air raid shelters.
▪ From then we spent many nights in the air raid shelter.
tax
▪ The tax breaks which used to make mortgages an attractive tax shelter, such as Miras, are now long gone.
▪ Many deductions and tax shelters would disappear and in return, rates would be lowered under most flat tax plans.
▪ Nobody needed them, but they were lucrative tax shelters.
▪ Deductions would be eliminated in most cases to close loopholes and discourage the use of tax shelters.
■ VERB
build
▪ AT first they build temporary shelters by weaving a kind of palm branch into matting from which they make little houses.
▪ Unable to build substantial shelters, they were constantly drenched and vulnerable to disease.
▪ John had built a little shelter for it; he was so clever with his hands.
▪ Bennett persuades his family to build a bomb shelter.
▪ Contributions of money will help the league build an animal shelter.
find
▪ Mice had found shelter in the kitchen, and spiders spun their webs unmolested.
▪ Pegasus found shelter in the heavenly stalls of Olympus where the steeds of Zeus were cared for.
▪ But smaller creatures can find shelter enough in the unlikely setting of a scruffy grass tussock.
▪ He is holding out hope that his son ejected safely and has found shelter in the mountains.
▪ He found shelter in a cave, and there self-doubt plagued him.
▪ The Red Cross found shelter for most of those evacuated at a nearby Days Inn.
▪ If he does not need to do much to find food, shelter, and safety, little behavior will be generated.
▪ You want us to climb up this place, however far it is, and find shelter on the top.
give
▪ Holm oak and tamarisk withstand the wind and salt spray and give shelter to the birds.
▪ He also gave me temporary shelter.
▪ The roots, being so prolific, also give shelter to the fry.
▪ In return, we give our companion shelter and food.
▪ But the house was still of use, still gave comfort and shelter.
leave
▪ And what if she were to leave the shelter of the house?
▪ He shuddered slightly as he left the shelter of the van.
▪ Half an hour had passed since they had left the shelter of the culvert.
▪ He took a long look at the approaching man, who was obviously not keen on leaving the shelter of the trees.
▪ And what would happen to a rabbit who left the shelter of the holly tree and ran down the path?
▪ There are two buses a day from Whaddon which leave outside the nuclear shelter at 6.15 a.m. or 7.34 p.m.
live
▪ Last month, children accounted for 1, 412 of the 5, 299 people living in homeless shelters in the city.
▪ Some of those children live in the Crossroads shelter in East Boston.
▪ Tanya remained in Pennsylvania but went to live in a runaway shelter and then in a group home.
▪ They lived in a shelter until a room opened up at the Reiss Hotel.
▪ Lee-Cruz said living in the shelter is hardest for her when she and the children are in their room.
▪ I like the idea of living in shelters.
▪ They lived in shelters dug into hillsides.
need
▪ They need food, shelter, a space to live and they need to be protected.
▪ A horse in a field needs shelter - may be trees all around the edge of the field and/or a wooden shelter.
▪ Probably he needed a doctor, but certainly he needed warmth and shelter and a bed.
▪ But he'd need a lot of shelter to survive.
▪ The human species has three innate drives - we need sustenance, shelter and species reproduction.
▪ Removing caravans would make people homeless and there would be menageries of animals needing food and shelter.
▪ He hadn't yet made up his mind where to head for but he needed shelter.
offer
▪ As a result, no port would offer the boat shelter, and it ceaselessly traverses the Cape, seeking safe harbour.
▪ It offers shelter to every conceivable cause.
▪ The sweet murmur of their water can provide balm for troubled spirits and their banks offer sweet shelter to nurture true love.
provide
▪ The plants provide shelter for animals, trap silt and draw nutrients from the water.
▪ It provides food, shelter and case management for more than 70 families at one time.
▪ The long roots of Water Lettuce provide shelter for fish and fry.
▪ This variety is especially useful for planting in the corners of an aquarium, where it provides a shelter for refuge-seeking fishes.
▪ Who, in Sinead's world, would treat the sick? Provide shelter?
▪ Twice now he had failed to provide shelter for them.
▪ But you are under the protection of the master, who provides food and shelter, protection and care for you.
▪ World Vision Director, Charles Clayton says the urgent need is to assist with providing food and shelter.
run
▪ We ran into the shelter of Murchison Fiord, which is on the west side of Nordaustlandet.
▪ Sister Connie Driscoll runs a nationally recognized shelter for homeless women and children in Chicago.
▪ Whether to do the sensible thing - chicken out and run for shelter from the bitter blast of the elements?
▪ Startled, the pack had run for the shelter of the trees, where they had milled about uncertainly.
▪ She will meet Mrs Jones who has spent twenty years running a shelter for battered cats, and Mrs Jones is there.
seek
▪ Hundreds of people were seeking shelter in the hospital complex and at police stations.
▪ Ash could accumulate on rooftops, causing them to collapse on people seeking shelter in the vicinity of the volcano.
▪ Late one night, he stopped at the gates of a Franciscan monastery to seek shelter.
▪ The survey of 11, 000 men seeking shelter in 58 missions in late October showed 32 % were veterans.
▪ The lizards can then rest on the warm substrate, and seek shelter for the rest of the day.
▪ They seek shelter in a Sunday night support group.
▪ He had to seek shelter - somewhere to lie up and heal.
▪ Might it be that Marx faced facts while others sought the dubious shelter of wishful thinking?
take
▪ They jointly chose to ignore their employer's orders and statutory safety regulations, by testing detonators without taking shelter.
▪ The other half might be taken by shelter.
▪ They had tents and took shelter during the sudden rainstorms, but they were frequently drenched.
▪ As soon as they were taken from shelter, they began to slide on locked wheels over the yard, and then to tilt.
▪ They threw themselves down on the street or took shelter behind cars and in doorways.
▪ This is one of the few places to take shelter from the streets that was safe to go.
▪ The Bar de la Marine was full as people took shelter.
▪ I wrapped guilt around me like a thick overcoat, wallowed in it and even took shelter in it.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a sheltered life/childhood/upbringing etc
▪ I lead a sheltered life out in the branch.
▪ Listen honey, d' you think I lead a sheltered life?
▪ We led a sheltered life out there in the suburbs.
▪ What a sheltered life she leads, in her self-built lavender ghetto.
sheltered accommodation/housing
▪ A regional study of difficult-to-let sheltered accommodation for older people Falshaw, Richard.
▪ Apartments opened A £725,000 sheltered housing scheme for the elderly was officially opened in Irvinestown today.
▪ For example, little sheltered housing has been constructed for the old and disabled.
▪ Shortly after buying it, Denega was refused listed building consent to demolish the chapel and develop 21 sheltered accommodation units.
▪ The sheltered housing is close to local amenities to allow residents easy access to shops and other facilities.
▪ The issue is to decide the extent to which sufferers may be supported and maintained in sheltered housing.
▪ We have sheltered accommodation, with understanding professional staff, for blind men and women who are unable to look after themselves.
▪ With it went planning consent for the sheltered accommodation units.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a shelter for battered women
▪ a bus shelter
▪ a homeless shelter
▪ an air-raid shelter
▪ They are in desperate need of food, clothing and shelter.
▪ We eventually reached the shelter of the caves.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And what if she were to leave the shelter of the house?
▪ Ash could accumulate on rooftops, causing them to collapse on people seeking shelter in the vicinity of the volcano.
▪ It is a good, hardy community fish, though a little shy, so provide plenty of shelter.
▪ It provides food, shelter and case management for more than 70 families at one time.
▪ Late one night, he stopped at the gates of a Franciscan monastery to seek shelter.
▪ Tanya remained in Pennsylvania but went to live in a runaway shelter and then in a group home.
▪ Then the Jesuit volunteers pushed open the shelter doors and the worshipers followed the cross into a misty rain.
▪ They jointly chose to ignore their employer's orders and statutory safety regulations, by testing detonators without taking shelter.
II.verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
house
▪ She was delighted with the high trees, privet and rhododendrons that protected and sheltered the houses.
rain
▪ It was at least pleasant to be able to shelter from the rain.
▪ An aging water tank rises above the sheds that shelter the sheep from rain and the sweltering summer sun.
▪ I took them into the byre so that they could shelter from the rain.
▪ This is where we might find somebody sleeping rough, or sheltering from the rain.
▪ He was telling his story to people sheltering from the rain.
▪ If nothing else, it'd give us somewhere to shelter from the rain.
▪ Several people over there, sheltering from the rain beneath the elevated section of the railway.
tax
▪ Another way of sheltering your returns from tax is within an offshore life assurance investment bond.
wind
▪ They do need a spot sheltered from wind, though; they're lightweight and tend to blow about.
▪ Otherwise we put the continuity of vital work in jeopardy by failing to shelter it from the winds of international currency exchanges.
▪ I was even sufficiently sheltered from the wind to notice the fresh, grassy smell of the cabbage crop I was crossing.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ An umbrella sheltered them from the sun.
▪ Federal agents knew the family had been sheltering criminals in their home.
▪ Police are appealing to anyone who may be sheltering the wanted man to come forward.
▪ They risked their own lives sheltering Jews from the Nazis.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Beyond this rose the green hill that sheltered Applegarth.
▪ But the final figure may never be known for the flats were notorious for sheltering illegal immigrants.
▪ But the shimmering white minaret, and the impressive dome, designed to shelter 3,500 worshippers, are deceptive.
▪ He had been sheltering under the eaves.
▪ He himself and his staff would certainly die as well, and Lobethal would no longer shelter anyone.
▪ Sometimes he would be away for two or three days, spending his nights in a sheltered nook known as the Cave.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shelter

Shelter \Shel"ter\, n. [Cf. OE. scheltrun, shiltroun, schelltrome, scheldtrome, a guard, squadron, AS. scildtruma a troop of men with shields; scild shield + truma a band of men. See Shield, n.]

  1. That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen.

    The sick and weak the healing plant shall aid, From storms a shelter, and from heat a shade.
    --Pope.

  2. One who protects; a guardian; a defender.

    Thou [God] hast been a shelter for me.
    --Ps. lxi.

  3. 3. The state of being covered and protected; protection; security.

    Who into shelter takes their tender bloom.
    --Young.

    Shelter tent,a small tent made of pieces of cotton duck arranged to button together. In field service the soldiers carry the pieces.

    Syn: Asylum; refuge; retreat; covert; sanctuary; protection; defense; security.

Shelter

Shelter \Shel"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sheltered; p. pr. & vb. n. Sheltering.]

  1. To be a shelter for; to provide with a shelter; to cover from injury or annoyance; to shield; to protect.

    Those ruins sheltered once his sacred head.
    --Dryden.

    You have no convents . . . in which such persons may be received and sheltered.
    --Southey.

  2. To screen or cover from notice; to disguise.

    In vain I strove to cheek my growing flame, Or shelter passion under friendship's name.
    --Prior.

  3. To betake to cover, or to a safe place; -- used reflexively.

    They sheltered themselves under a rock.
    --Abp. Abbot.

Shelter

Shelter \Shel"ter\, v. i. To take shelter.

There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat, Shelters in cool.
--Milton.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
shelter

1580s, "structure affording protection," possibly an alteration of Middle English sheltron, sheldtrume "roof or wall formed by locked shields," from Old English scyldtruma, from scield "shield" (see shield (n.)) + truma "troop," related to Old English trum "firm, strong" (see trim).\n

\nIf so, the original notion is of a compact body of men protected by interlocking shields. OED finds this "untenable" and proposed derivation from shield + -ture. Figurative sense is recorded from 1580s; meaning "temporary lodging for homeless poor" is first recorded 1890 in Salvation Army jargon; sense of "temporary home for animals" is from 1971. Related: Shelterless.

shelter

1580s, "to screen, protect," from shelter (n.); in the income investment sense, from 1955. Meaning "to take shelter" is from c.1600. Related: Sheltered; sheltering.

Wiktionary
shelter

n. A refuge, haven or other cover or protection from something. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To provide cover from damage or harassment; to shield; to protect. 2 (context intransitive English) To take cover.

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WordNet
shelter

  1. n. a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger

  2. protective covering that provides protection from the weather

  3. the condition of being protected; "they were huddled together for protection"; "he enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home" [syn: protection]

  4. a way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay on current earnings [syn: tax shelter]

  5. temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons

shelter

  1. v. provide shelter for; "After the earthquake, the government could not provide shelter for the thousands of homeless people"

  2. invest (money) so that it is not taxable

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Wikipedia
Shelter

Shelter may refer to:

  • Shelter (building), a basic architectural structure or building that provides cover.
  • Homeless shelter, a temporary residence for homeless people, sometimes simply referred to as a 'shelter'.
  • Animal shelter, a facility that houses homeless, lost, or abandoned animals; mostly dogs and cats.
Shelter (charity)

Shelter is a registered charity that campaigns to end homelessness and bad housing in England and Scotland. It gives advice, information and advocacy to people in need, and tackles the root causes of bad housing by lobbying government and local authorities for new laws and policies to improve the lives of homeless and badly housed people. It works in partnership with Shelter Cymru in Wales and the Housing Rights Service in Northern Ireland

Shelter helps people in housing need by providing advice and practical assistance, and fights for better investment in housing and for laws and policies to improve the lives of homeless and badly housed people. Approximately two thirds of Shelter's expenditure goes on housing aid and one third on campaigns and education.

Shelter (Lone Justice album)

Shelter is the second album by American Country rock band Lone Justice, released in 1986 (see 1986 in music).

Shelter (band)

Shelter is a Hare Krishna Hardcore punk band formed by Ray Cappo. Because of the usual Hare Krishna and Hindu-oriented messages in its lyrics, Shelter's genre is often dubbed krishnacore.

Shelter (song)

"Shelter" is a song by American electronic music producer Porter Robinson and French electronic music producer Madeon. The song was released and uploaded to Madeon's YouTube channel on August 11, 2016. The song was released in the United States on Columbia Records and popcultur as a digital download, and on Spotify, Deezer, Apple Music, Google Play, and SoundCloud.

Shelter (2007 film)

Shelter is a 2007 American film produced by JD Disalvatore, and directed/written by Jonah Markowitz. It stars Trevor Wright, Brad Rowe, and Tina Holmes. It was the winner of "Outstanding Film – Limited Release" at the 2009 GLAAD Media Awards, Best New Director and Favorite Narrative Feature at the Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, and the People's Choice Award for Best Feature at the Vancouver Queer Film Festival. Shelter represents the feature directorial debut of Markowitz.

Shelter (automobile)

The Shelter was an experimental city car of the 1950s and one of the first applications of such a concept.

It was conceived, designed and built by Dutch engineering student Arnold van der Goot starting in 1954. Van der Goot's interest in transportation developed during his postwar employment by Bristol Aeroplane Company. He hit upon the idea of a small, light and readily available "pool car" specifically for intracity transportation when faced with a university project. Such a car could conceivably be rented almost anywhere in the city, driven within the city limits and dropped off at any of the rental stations. The government of the Netherlands took an interest in van der Goot's project and helped with financial backing since, even at that time, traffic congestion on the narrow, cobblestoned streets of Amsterdam was a problem.

The result was a tiny, very basic automobile two years in planning and development. The three-wheeled Shelter was almost entirely built by hand from sheet steel shaped as necessary. About the only parts not handmade were the speedometer, the Bing carburetor, the Bosch " Dynastart" ignition system, the tires, the windshield and the headlight surrounds, the latter of which were produced by a local cookware manufacturer. The upright, boxy front end was adorned by a vestigial front bumper and "SHELTER" badging while the rear with its single drive wheel was wrapped in curved sheet steel which, in the words of author Adrienne Kessel, gave the car an almost " Dalek-like appearance." A unique homemade hydroforming process designed by van der Goot was used to form the roof. Water was forced between the halves of a concrete mold, thereby shaping the roof. Van der Goot even built the 228 cc, 6 kW (8 hp) single-cylinder, two-stroke engine by hand, creating its connecting rod out of curved, spot-welded gas pipe. Its light weight and modular design were such that both the engine and its rudimentary three-speed transmission with centrifugal clutch could be swapped out in about five minutes with minimal manpower.

Problems with brittle, easily broken axles (especially due to the aforementioned cobblestones) and engine fires caused the Dutch government to pull out of the project. Though van der Goot had amassed enough parts to build twenty cars, only seven were built and at least two examples survive to the present day. One car, a restored example that was the subject of both the photo and the printed reference credited below is owned by Van der Goot's son, Erik, and the other by collector Sjoerd ter Burg, contributor to the Isetta Club article linked below.

Shelter (2010 film)

Shelter is a 2010 American supernatural horror film directed by Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein, written by Michael Cooney, and starring Julianne Moore and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. The film was released as 6 Souls in the United States on March 1, 2013, for video on demand, followed by a limited theatrical release on April 5, 2013.

Shelter (Brand New Heavies album)

Shelter is an album by the Brand New Heavies that was released in 1997. It is the only album by the group with Siedah Garrett as a member. Garrett had joined the Brand New Heavies in 1996, but left in early 1998 to concentrate on her own songwriting. As part of the band, she enjoyed a minor hit with a cover of the Carole King-penned song " You've Got a Friend" that was originally made famous by James Taylor.

It was the group's only top 10 hit single in the UK, reaching number 9 when released as the third single from the album. Their cover did not appear on the initial pressings of the US version. "You've Got a Friend" was added to later pressings of Shelter after their record label Delicious Vinyl secured distribution from Bertelsmann Music Group.

The album also contained the hit "Sometimes", which peaked at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart when released in 1997. One of the remixes of "Sometimes" featured the rap vocals of Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest. In 2015, production team Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis revealed that the remix done by J Dilla which featured Q-Tip was the inspiration behind the sound of Janet Jackson's 1997 single " Got 'til It's Gone".

" You Are the Universe" and "Shelter" were the other singles from the album, and reached positions of #21 and #31 in the UK Singles Chart.

Shelter (building)

A shelter is a basic architectural structure or building that provides protection from the local environment.

Shelter (novel)

Shelter is the first novel of the "Mickey Bolitar" young-adult series by American crime writer Harlan Coben. The novel was first published on September 15, 2011 through Orion Books.

Shelter (Alcest album)

Shelter is the fourth studio album by French shoegazing band Alcest. It was released on January 17, 2014 via Prophecy Productions. The album's name is related to the album's overall concept of shelter.

Shelter (Sons of Korah album)

Shelter is the third album from the band Sons of Korah. It was released in 2002 by Wordsong Artists. The album was recorded at Beechfront Studio in Geelong.

Shelter (Craig Harris album)

Shelter is an album by trombonist Craig Harris and Tailgaters Tales which was recorded in 1986 and released on the JMT label.

Shelter (2012 film)

Shelter was a movie shot as a passion project for under $100,000 and released in 2012. It has been featured at a number of festivals including the 2013 Eerie Horror Film Festival where it won Best Director, and the 2012 Williamsburg Independent Film Festival where it won Best Narrative Feature Film.

Shelter (2014 film)

Shelter is a 2014 American drama film written and directed by Paul Bettany in his directorial debut. The film stars Jennifer Connelly and Anthony Mackie, alongside a supporting cast featuring Rob Morgan, Amy Hargreaves, and Bruce Altman. The film was released on November 13, 2015, by Screen Media Films.

Shelter (The xx song)

"Shelter" is a song by English indie pop band The xx. It is the seventh track on their début album, xx, and the only track from it that was written and performed without former member Baria Qureshi.

The songs lyrics were written by Romy Madley Croft, with the music written by her, Oliver Sim and Jamie Smith, with the song being produced by the latter.

The song has been covered multiple times by other artists, with notable covers coming from Birdy, whose cover was released on her début album Birdy, and by Hercules and Love Affair, who included their cover of the song as a bonus track on the US edition of their second album Blue Songs. Sophie Habibis performed a cover in the style of the Birdy version on series 8 of The X Factor.

Shelter (video game)

Shelter is a survival video game developed by Might and Delight for Windows and Mac. It was released on 28 August 2013 after being accepted through Steam Greenlight. In the game players control a mother badger who must protect and feed her cubs while travelling from their burrow to a new one. During the journey the cubs must be fed and are in danger from threats such as birds of prey and wildfires.

The game was received positively and got favorable reviews on the graphics and sound, as well as the emotional impact that it evoked. Reviewers gave mixed reactions when it came to the difficulty and length.

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Usage examples of "shelter".

Their street, Clay Avenue, was more modest than most of the affluent byways of Pelham, but it was sheltered, shady, and quiet.

The delineation was faithful, and aided very much in rendering concealment difficult, for it prevented the timid from affording shelter to the chiefs as soon as they became fugitives.

What if they had made some machine to shelter them, something more powerful than the giant amplifier the thrint patriarchs had built on Homeworld?

I had always lived a perfectly sheltered life back in Boston, with the antimacassars and the walnut furniture and the volumes of Emerson and Thoreau.

But it has now been shown that deep artificially constructed shelters do in fact exist.

Great balks of timber were being thrust out and now, in the shelter of these, hundreds of men and women from the Citadel were streaming to help.

The thatched roofs of the more primitive type of cabins looked bedrabbled, like the hair of a bather emerging from the lake, and the more substantial shelters were crowded with the overflow from these and from tents deserted by troops and patrols that had been almost drowned out.

Perched on a jutting eminence, and half shrouded in the bushes which clothed it, the silent fisherman took his place, while his fly was made to kiss the water in capricious evolutions, such as the experienced angler knows how to employ to beguile the wary victim from close cove, or gloomy hollow, or from beneath those decaying trunks of overthrown trees which have given his brood a shelter from immemorial time.

Here, near that island where her army sheltered, the birds had been hunted out, so they had the water to themselves and their progress flushed no betraying clatter of wings.

The important thing to Bleys would be not so much to find Hal as to find what it was that could have brought him out from behind the shelter of the phase-shield.

Ganesh sulkily, standing in the shelter of a convenient doorway, his hands stuck in the pockets of his blouson jacket.

Or he could bluster afoot into his forbidden backyard and drag his canopy around the side of his house like Arnold Schwarzenegger or Neanderthal Man, a savage making off with shelter.

Cathy, who got thoroughly drenched for her obstinacy in refusing to take shelter, and standing bonnetless and shawl-less to catch as much water as she could with her hair and clothes.

Patrick leaned over the side of the shelter where Bounder was hobbled and watched him eat the tufts of dried grass that Mackenzie had found for him.

He stood or squatted within bowshot, but behind such rocks and stunted trees as offered shelter.