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- Dictionaryrefuge/ˈrɛfjuːdʒ/
noun
- 1. the state of being safe or sheltered from pursuit, danger, or difficulty: "he was forced to take refuge in the French embassy"
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The meaning of REFUGE is shelter or protection from danger or distress. How to use refuge in a sentence. Finding Refuge
REFUGE definition: 1. (a place that gives) protection or shelter from danger, trouble, unhappiness, etc.: 2. (a place…. Learn more.
noun. shelter or protection, as from the weather or danger. any place, person, action, or thing that offers or appears to offer protection, help, or relief. accused of incompetence, he took refuge in lying. another name for traffic island.
1. shelter or protection, as from the weather or danger. 2. any place, person, action, or thing that offers or appears to offer protection, help, or relief: accused of incompetence, he took refuge in lying. 3. (Human Geography) another name for traffic island. vb. archaic to take refuge or give refuge to.
A refuge is a safe place, such as a building or even another country, as in "they sought refuge from the war by leaving their homeland," or it is a simple, personal place of comfort — like a friend's couch.
A refuge is a place where you go for safety and protection, for example from violence or from bad weather. ...a refuge for women who had experienced domestic abuse. We climbed up a winding track towards a mountain refuge.
REFUGE meaning: 1 : shelter or protection from danger or trouble often + in or from often used figuratively; 2 : a place that provides shelter or protection often + for.
Refuge Definition. A place of safety; shelter; safe retreat. A person or thing that gives shelter, help, or comfort. An undeveloped area for the preservation of animals and plants. An expediency or shift; action taken to escape trouble or difficulty. To give refuge to.
A refuge is a place where you go for safety and protection, for example from violence or from bad weather. 3. If you take refuge in a particular way of behaving or thinking, you try to protect yourself from unhappiness or unpleasantness by behaving or thinking in that way.
REFUGE definition: 1. protection from danger or unpleasant conditions: 2. a place where you are protected from…. Learn more.
