Betekenis van shelter In het Nederlands

• 0 (a building designed to give) protection from bad weather, danger, or attack:

  • an air-raid shelter

  • They opened a shelter to provide temporary housing for the city's homeless.

  • The trees gave/provided some shelter from the rain.

  • We took shelter for the night in an abandoned house.

• 1 to protect yourself, or another person or thing, from bad weather, danger, or attack:

  • We were caught in a thunderstorm, without anywhere to shelter.

  • A group of us were sheltering from the rain under the trees.

  • Local people risked their own lives to shelter resistance fighters from the army.

  • In most chemical emergencies people are instructed to shelter in place, closing windows and turning off air conditioners to keep out toxic fumes.

  • More than 40% of the nursing homes in Hurricane Katrina's path sheltered in place.

  • Millions of Californians were told to shelter in place to stop the spread of coronavirus.

  • Some states have issued shelter in place orders.

• 2 If you shelter income, you legally avoid paying taxes on it:

  • Their accountant suggested some novel ways of sheltering their retirement income.

• 3 something that gives protection, such as a building or tent, or the protection provided:

  • [ C ] We took the stray dog to an animal shelter.

  • [ U ] The wall gave us some shelter from the wind.

  • [ U ] The program offers shelter to runaway teens.

• 4 to protect yourself, or another person or thing, from bad weather, danger, or attack:

  • [ T ] The city feeds, clothes, and shelters the orphans.

  • [ I ] We were caught in a thunderstorm and sheltered in a cave.

• 5 if you shelter income, you find a legal way to avoid paying tax on it:

  • shelter savings/assets

  • shelter sth from sb/sth The company needs to act now to shelter its assets from the taxman.

• 6 a way to legally avoid paying tax:

  • shelter from sth These investments continue to offer shelter from capital gains tax.