adv
(UK) With living essentials, such as meals and accommodation, provided at no cost.
n
The place in which troops lie hidden for an ambush.
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A place of safety or refuge.
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(chiefly UK, idiomatic, derogatory, medicine, public policy) An elderly hospitalized person who is too infirm to return home but not sufficiently ill to necessitate continued hospitalization, creating a situation in which his or her hospital stay is prolonged while authorities or relatives search for a suitable placement amid the scarce resources of nursing homes or other long-term care facilities.
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(poetic) The grave of a soldier who has died in battle.
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(obsolete) Work connected with funerals, as an undertaker's assistant or a maker of mourning clothes, etc.
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(obsolete) A fortified town.
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Obsolete form of borough. [(obsolete) A fortified town.]
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(intransitive, obsolete) To live in, or as if in, a cabin; to lodge.
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(idiomatic) To wait or queue for something expected to occur, often overnight.
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The act of one who carries the mantle.
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(informal) A place where one may crash (stay informally).
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Alternative form of hantle [(Scotland, northern UK) A considerable number or quantity; a great many; a great deal.]
n
(figuratively) Any protection for a person in distress.
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A place of shelter or entertainment.
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(by extension) A place of safety.
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(obsolete) Power; armed force.
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(historical) A unit of land and tax assessment of varying size, originally as intended to support one household with dependents.
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Alternative spelling of hideout [A place to hide.]
n
a hiding place, somewhere one can go to get away from other people
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Alternative form of hiddle [(now chiefly dialectal) A hiding-place; a sheltered spot.]
n
An isolated or secluded place; a hideaway or hideout.
n
Alternative form of hiding place [A place where something or someone may be hidden.]
n
Alternative form of hiding place [A place where something or someone may be hidden.]
adj
Alternative form of homesewn [Sewn at home (rather than in a factory, shop, etc.).]
n
An animal's shelter or den, or the shell of an animal such as a snail, used for protection.
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(figuratively) a place of rearing and fostering
v
(transitive) To supply with a room or place to sleep in for a time.
n
(military, historical) The occupation of a position by a besieging party, and the works thrown up to maintain it.
n
A shelter; a calm or peaceful place.
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Alternative form of matroneum [(architecture) A gallery on the interior of a building, originally intended to accommodate women.]
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A place of safety or refuge.
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A state of safety, protection or shelter.
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A place of safety or refuge.
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A fortified room serving as a safe hiding place for the inhabitants of a building in the event of a break-in or emergency.
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Alternative form of safe haven [A place of safety or refuge.]
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A secure location, known to only a few trusted people, suitable for hiding witnesses, agents or other persons perceived as being in danger.
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A place one goes in order to be safe, especially one to go in times of emergency.
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A place of safety, refuge, or protection.
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(gerund) The act of one that seats.
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(US, frequently attributive) A strategy for avoiding danger, such as gun violence, a hurricane, etc., in which individuals remain inside the building they happen to be in at the time of the danger rather than evacuating and seeking refuge elsewhere.
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(sociology) A place where persons with limited mental ability can work in a safe environment.
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A person who is taken into a shelter.
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A person who takes shelter.
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One who or that which shelves something.
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(obsolete) A seat, especially as used by someone of importance or authority.
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Alternative form of sitout [(chiefly India) An outdoor area that is set up for sitting, including a floor and seats, and possibly, but not necessarily having a roof, screens, or elevated platform.]
n
a holiday in Africa where travellers sleep away from their home, generally in an open air safari lodge, private home or guest house.
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(rare, obsolete) A chief town in an area or country.
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(intransitive) To dwell; to abide for a time.
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(intransitive) to shelter; to hole up
n
(South Africa) Alternative form of outspan [(South Africa) The place where one outspans.]
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(transitive) To confine (a person) to an institution for a long period.
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An emergency shelter that operates when temperatures become dangerously low, serving stranded travelers, displaced renters and homeowners, and the homeless.
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