shelter
part of speech
noun, verb (shelter, shelters, sheltered, sheltering)
meaning for a pupil
1) A shelter is a place that keeps you safe from rain, cold, sun or danger. tree →
2) An animal shelter looks after lost or unwanted pets until they get new homes. tree →
3) A shelter is also a place where people without a home can sleep. tree →
4) To shelter is to stay somewhere safe, or to keep someone safe. tree →
sense in the lessons
Science and safety: people and animals need shelter, food and water; shelter from a storm; a bus shelter. In maths: animals in a shelter counted, adopted or brought in — adopted leave (subtract), new ones arrive (add). Stories: building a shelter in the woods.
examples
- The animal shelter has 24 dogs. tree →
- 7 dogs were adopted from the shelter. tree →
- The shelter got 5 new cats. tree →
- How many animals are in the shelter now? tree →
- We waited in the bus shelter until the rain stopped. tree →
- The scouts built a shelter from branches and leaves. tree →
- During a storm, shelter inside a strong building. tree →
- Sheep shelter behind the hedge from the wind. tree →
- At nightfall they took shelter in a thick wood. tree →
note
Countable noun and regular verb. Animals adopted leave (subtract), new ones arrive (add). Trap: none. «Shelter from» the rain; «take shelter».
In the corpora
- Donkey coats are not waterproof like horses' coats, so donkeys need shelter from the rain.
- Brown rats live wherever people live; they eat our waste and shelter in drains, sewers and buildings.
- Camera traps film them walking down empty streets, and wild Przewalski's horses shelter in old barns.
- "Surrendered" means a pet was given up to an animal shelter.
- A tall lone tree is a dangerous place to shelter, because lightning often strikes tall objects.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «shelter» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.