refuge – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
refuge
n.
shelter, protection; safe place, secure location; recourse, access to protection; traffic island on a busy road where pedestrians can wait safely before crossing the road
v.
take shelter, find protection; provide shelter, provide protection
Refuge
Refuge is a place or state of
safety. It may also refer to a more specific meaning:
- Area of refuge, a location in a building that may be used by occupants in the event of a fire
- Mountain hut, a shelter for travelers in mountainous areas, often remote
- Women's refuge, another term for women's shelter
- Refuge (United Kingdom charity), a British charity for female victims of domestic violence
- A place intended to shelter cultural property, in the context of the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
- Wildlife refuge, a sanctuary or protected area for wildlife
- Refuge (population biology), a location of an isolated or relict population of a previously more widespread species
- A controversial evangelical Christian "ex-gay" conversion therapy program for homosexual teenagers run by Love In Action
- Refuge (Buddhism), the basis of being a Buddhist
- Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place, a book by Terry Tempest Williams
- Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Refuge, a 1988 novel by Rob Chilson
- Refuge crop, a non-genetically modified food crop planted alongside a genetically modified one to prevent or slow the development of predators resistant to its modified properties by purposely encouraging the mating of species across said crops
- Right of asylum, protection of a person persecuted for political or religious beliefs by another sovereign authority
- Refuge (protestantisme), after a period of persecussion huguenots decided to move in adjacents kingdoms
- Refuge (ecology), a place where an organism can escape from predation
- Refuge, Texas, an unincorporated community in Houston County, Texas
refuge
Noun
1. a safe place; "He ran to safety"
(synonym) safety
(hypernym) area, country
(hyponym) harborage, harbourage
2. something or someone turned to for assistance or security; "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying"
(synonym) recourse, resort
(hypernym) resource
(hyponym) shadow
3. a shelter from danger or hardship
(synonym) sanctuary, asylum
(hypernym) shelter
(hyponym) harbor, harbour
4. act of turning to for assistance; "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort"
(synonym) recourse, resort
(hypernym) aid, assist, assistance, help
refuge
nm.
refuge, harbor, haven, asylum; harborage, shelter, retreat; hideaway, sanctum
refugir
v.
escape again
