REFUGE meaning: Safe place from danger, hardship

We found 33 dictionaries that define the word refuge:

General (27 matching dictionaries)

refuge: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
refuge: Merriam-Webster
refuge: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
refuge: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
refuge: Collins English Dictionary
refuge: Vocabulary.com
Refuge, refuge: Wordnik
refuge: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
refuge: Wiktionary
refuge: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
refuge: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
refuge: Infoplease Dictionary
Refuge, refuge: Dictionary.com
refuge: Online Etymology Dictionary
refuge: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Refuge (Buddhism), Refuge (EP), Refuge (United Kingdom charity), Refuge (ecology), Refuge, The Refuge (film): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Refuge: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
refuge: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
refuge: Rhymezone
refuge, refuge (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
refuge: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
refuge: FreeDictionary.org
refuge: Mnemonic Dictionary
refuge: TheFreeDictionary.com
refuge: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)

refuge: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

refuge: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)

Refuge: Africa Glossary
refuge: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

refuge: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)

Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  A state of safety, protection or shelter.
▸ noun:  A place providing safety, protection or shelter.
▸ noun:  Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort.
▸ noun:  An expedient to secure protection or defence.
▸ noun:  A refuge island.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To return to a place of shelter.
▸ verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To shelter; to protect.

Opposite:

danger, exposure, vulnerability, threat, insecurity

Types:

church, mosque, temple, synagogue, gurdwara, ashram, monastery, hermitage, more...

Phrases:

take refuge, wildlife refuge, pedestrian refuge, Cities of Refuge, house of refuge, more...

Adjectives:

last, only, temporary, safest, final, surest, sole, secure, sought, natural, welcome

Colors:

sage, olive, teal, forest green, midnight blue, more...

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