Definitions for refugeˈrɛf yudʒ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ref•ugeˈrɛf yudʒ(n.; v.)-uged, -ug•ing.

  1. (n.)shelter or protection from danger, trouble, etc.

  2. a place of shelter or protection.

  3. anything to which one has recourse for aid or escape.

  4. (v.t.)Archaic. to afford refuge to.

  5. (v.i.)Archaic. to take refuge.

Origin of refuge:

1350–1400; < MF < L refugium <refug(ere) to turn and flee, run away

Princeton's WordNet

  1. safety, refuge(noun)

    a safe place

    "He ran to safety"

  2. recourse, refuge, resort(noun)

    something or someone turned to for assistance or security

    "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying"

  3. refuge, sanctuary, asylum(noun)

    a shelter from danger or hardship

  4. recourse, resort, refuge(noun)

    act of turning to for assistance

    "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. refuge(noun)ˈrɛf yudʒ

    safety, or a safe place

    a refuge for victims of domestic abuse; They found refuge at a convent.

Wiktionary

  1. refuge(Noun)

    A state of safety, protection or shelter

  2. refuge(Noun)

    A place providing safety, protection or shelter

  3. refuge(Noun)

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

  4. Origin: From refuge.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Refuge(noun)

    shelter or protection from danger or distress

  2. Refuge(noun)

    that which shelters or protects from danger, or from distress or calamity; a stronghold which protects by its strength, or a sanctuary which secures safety by its sacredness; a place inaccessible to an enemy

  3. Refuge(noun)

    an expedient to secure protection or defense; a device or contrivance

  4. Refuge(verb)

    to shelter; to protect


Translations for refuge

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

refuge(noun)

(a place which gives) shelter or protection from danger, trouble etc

The escaped prisoner sought refuge in the church.

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