▪ find refuge or take cover from bad weather or danger: "people were sheltering under store canopies and trees"Similartake sheltertake refugeseek protectionseek refugeseek sanctuarytake coverinformal:hole up
▪ prevent (someone) from having to do or face something difficult or unpleasant: "we are sheltered from the awfulness of reality"
▪ protect (income) from taxation:"only your rental income can be sheltered"
Word Originlate 16th century: perhaps an alteration of sheld, an old spelling of shield, + -ure.