Definitions for refuge
ˈrɛf yudʒrefuge

Princeton's WordNet(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. safety, refugenoun

   a safe place

   "He ran to safety"

2. recourse, refuge, resortnoun

   something or someone turned to for assistance or security

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

3. refuge, sanctuary, asylumnoun

   a shelter from danger or hardship

4. recourse, resort, refugenoun

   act of turning to for assistance

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

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. refugenoun

   A state of safety, protection or shelter

   Etymology: From refuge.

2. refugenoun

   A place providing safety, protection or shelter

   Etymology: From refuge.

3. refugenoun

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

   Etymology: From refuge.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Refugenoun

   shelter or protection from danger or distress

2. Refugenoun

   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. Refugenoun

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

4. Refugeverb

   to shelter; to protect

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Refuge

   Buddhists "take refuge" in, or to "go for refuge" to, the Three Jewels or Triple Gem,. This can be done formally in lay and monastic ordination ceremonies. The Three Jewels general signification is: ⁕the Buddha; ⁕the Dharma, the teachings; ⁕the Sangha, the community of enlightened beings, often approximated to community of monks and nuns. In Vajrayana, practitioners can visualize the refuge tree, and to aid this interior viewing, the refuge tree is typically depicted on scroll paintings or murals.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Refuge

   ref′ūj, n. that which affords shelter or protection: an asylum or retreat: a resource or expedient.—v.t. to find shelter for.—v.i. to take shelter.—ns. Refugēē′, one who flees for refuge to another country, esp. from religious persecution or political commotion; Refugēē′ism.—City of refuge (see City); House of refuge, an institution for the shelter of the destitute. [Fr.,—L. refugium—re-, back, frugĕre, to flee.]

Matched Categories

1. • Aid
   • Area
   • Resource
   • Shelter

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'refuge' in Nouns Frequency: #2937

How to pronounce refuge?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say refuge in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of refuge in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of refuge in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of refuge in a Sentence

1. Quentin Crisp:

   Sex is the last refuge of the miserable.

2. Julin Castro:

   The truth is, immigrants seeking refuge in our country ... shouldnt be a criminal justice issue.

3. Nicole Whittington-Evans:

   We need to be talking about the North Slope overall, and the Arctic overall - the Arctic Refuge, the NPR-A and the Arctic Ocean – because the Trump administration wants to open it all.

4. Bernadette Demientieff:

   We're going to keep going. We're going to keep visiting more banks until the Arctic Refuge is protected for good.

5. Norman Douglas:

   There is in us a lyric germ or nucleus which deserves respect; it bids a man to ponder or create; and in this dim corner of himself he can take refuge and find consolations which the society of his fellow creatures does not provide.

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