shelter

Main Entry:
foster [faw-ster, fos-ter]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: give care or accommodation to
Synonyms: assist, bring up, care for, cherish, entertain, favor, harbor, help, house, lodge, minister to, nourish, nurse, oblige, raise, rear, serve, shelter, sustain, take care of
Antonyms: ignore, neglect
Main Entry: harbor
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: place for seclusion
Synonyms: asylum, cover, covert, harborage, haven, port, refuge, retreat, sanctuary, sanctum, security, shelter
Notes: harbor first meant 'shelter' and 'lodging' and that is how the word first entered English place-names, as a 'place of shelter; refuge' for a crowd of people; a port is a haven for vessels and it is equipped for loading and unloading ships, while a harbor is a haven for vessels but does not necessarily have onshore facilities
Main Entry: harbor
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hide, protect
Synonyms: accommodate, board, bunk, conceal, defend, domicile, entertain, guard, hold back, house, lodge, nurse, nurture, provide refuge, put up, quarter, relieve, safeguard, screen, secrete, secure, shelter, shield, suppress, withhold
Notes: harbor first meant 'shelter' and 'lodging' and that is how the word first entered English place-names, as a 'place of shelter; refuge' for a crowd of people; a port is a haven for vessels and it is equipped for loading and unloading ships, while a harbor is a haven for vessels but does not necessarily have onshore facilities
Antonyms: eject, let out, uncover
Main Entry: haven
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: refuge, port
Synonyms: anchorage, asylum, cover, covert, harbor, harborage, retreat, roadstead, sanctuary, sanctum, shelter
Main Entry: hide
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: conceal; remain unseen
Synonyms: adumbrate, blot out, bury, cache, camouflage, cloak, cover, curtain, disguise, dissemble, ditch, duck, eclipse, ensconce, go into hiding, go underground, harbor, hold back, hole up, hush up, keep from, keep secret, lie low, lock up, mask, not give away, not tell, obscure, plant, protect, put out of the way, reserve, salt away, screen, secrete, shadow, shelter, shield, shroud, smuggle, squirrel, stash, stifle, stow away, suppress, take cover, tuck away, veil, withhold
Notes: skin is the general term for an animal's outer covering; the layer of fur, hair, or wool is the coat; hide is the tough skin of certain large animals that is tanned and made into leather; pelt is untanned skin of fur-bearing animals
Antonyms: bare, disclose, divulge, exhibit, expose, lay bare, let out, open, reveal, show, tell, uncover, unmask
Main Entry: hideout
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hiding place
Synonyms: cover, den, hideaway, refuge, safe house, safe place, sanctuary, shelter
Main Entry: hole
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: opening in a solid object
Synonyms: aperture, breach, break, burrow, cave, cavern, cavity, chamber, chasm, chink, cistern, cleft, covert, crack, cranny, crater, cut, den, dent, depression, dimple, dip, excavation, eyelet, fissure, foramen, fracture, gap, gash, gorge, hollow, hovel, keyhole, lacuna, lair, leak, mouth, nest, niche, nick, notch, orifice, outlet, passage, peephole, perforation, pit, pocket, pockmark, puncture, rent, retreat, scoop, shaft, shelter, space, split, tear, tunnel, vacuity, vent, void, window
Notes: a hole is an opening or cavity into or through something, while whole means complete, not divided
Antonyms: closure, solid
Main Entry: home
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: place where a human lives
Synonyms: abode, address, apartment, asylum, boarding house, bungalow, cabin, castle, cave*, co-op, commorancy, condo, condominium, cottage, crash pad, diggings, digs, domicile, dormitory, dump*, dwelling, farm, fireside, flat, habitation, hangout, haunt, hearth, hideout, hole in the wall, home plate, homestead, hospital, house, hut, joint*, living quarters, manor, mansion, nest*, orphanage, pad, palace, parking place, place, residence, resort, roof*, rooming house, roost, shanty, shelter, trailer, turf, villa, where the hat is
Notes: hone means to sharpen, while home (in) means to seek out a target; you can hone a skill but you home in on something
a house is the building or structure in which one lives; home is the place one lives with the pleasant connotations or family ties included
Antonyms: office
Main Entry: housing
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: place of accommodation
Synonyms: construction, digs, dwelling, habitation, home, house, lodgment, quarter, quarterage, residence, roof, shelter, sheltering, stopping place
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