: to remain inside in one's current location until a danger has passed : to temporarily take shelter in a protected space
The … campus was placed under lockdown in response to the shooting. People on campus were advised to shelter in place. No students were hurt or endangered, the school said. Julia Jacobo
These communities—including our own—need to start hardening themselves against future fires. That means preparing homes for fires the way we already do for earthquakes and floods. It also means developing better alert systems, heeding evacuation warnings when they come and being prepared to shelter in place when escape routes are cut off …The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California)
Noun We made a shelter from branches. a shelter for battered women The organization provides food and shelter for homeless people. The crowd ran for shelter when the rain started. They sought shelter from the storm. Verb A cave sheltered the climbers during the storm. They sheltered in a cave while they waited for the storm to pass. See More
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Noun
Even there, 300 bombs fell in an adjacent park, and the princesses spent many nights in an underground shelter. Jill Lawless, ajc, 8 Sep. 2022 Even there, 300 bombs fell in an adjacent park, and the princesses spent many nights in an underground shelter. Danica Kirka, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2022 Even there, 300 bombs fell in an adjacent park, and the princesses spent many nights in an underground shelter. Danica Kirka, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Sep. 2022 Even there, 300 bombs fell in an adjacent park, and the princesses spent many nights in an underground shelter. Danica Kirka, Jill Lawless And Sylvia Hui, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Sep. 2022 Of those individuals, 58% are estimated to be living on the streets while the remainder are in temporary shelter.oregonlive, 7 Sep. 2022 The average amount of time that a victim remained in a shelter was 51.1 days. Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 4 Sep. 2022 And in another incident in Cornwall, an 87-year-old man waited in a makeshift shelter for 15 hours for an ambulance after breaking seven ribs and fracturing his pelvis, his daughter told the BBC. Kara Fox, CNN, 31 Aug. 2022 In the shelter of the cliffs were miniature ecosystems. Henry Wismayer, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2022
Verb
Its forests shelter 15 plant and 11 animal species that the DNR says are considered threatened or endangered. Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2022 After three years in the water, the plane's wings now shelter numerous soft corals. Nourhan Elkallawy, CNN, 18 July 2022 For the majority of Americans, keen judgment and learned skepticism cannot shelter us from these hazards. Hannah Zeavin, Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022 The new queens shelter away somewhere to make it through the winter. Bethany Brookshire, Good Housekeeping, 18 June 2022 People shelter at a Kyiv train station on Thursday.NBC News, 24 Feb. 2022 Fayette County officials asked neighborhood residents to shelter in place just before 9 a.m. Henri Hollis, ajc, 19 July 2022 Fans were asked to shelter in place underneath the stadium’s awnings and in the concourse. Dan Labbe, cleveland, 8 Aug. 2021 More than 300 homeless people stay in a Cass Community shelter each night. Sarah Raza, Detroit Free Press, 29 July 2022 See More