refuge

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A state of safety, protection or shelter.

   “Rocks, dens, and caves! But I in none of these / Find place or refuge.”

2. isim A place providing safety, protection or shelter.

   “One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.”

3. isim Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort.

   “Since its conception, the European Union has been a haven for those seeking refuge from war, persecution and poverty in other parts of the world.”

4. isim An expedient to secure protection or defence.

   “Their latest refuge / Was to send him.”

5. isim A refuge island.
6. isim A kind of daily prayer or recitation.
7. fiil To return to a place of shelter.

   “Among these macaques, although activity cycles are quite variable from location to location, refuging is a common characteristic.”

8. fiil To shelter; to protect.