Refuge ˈrefjuːdʒ People Embassy Home Shelter Protection Extra

• a further 300 people have taken refuge in the us embassy.
• the region was a place of refuge for outlaws and bandits.
• they were forced to seek refuge from the fighting.
• as the situation at home got worse she increasingly took refuge in her work.

refuge

1. shelter or protection from danger, trouble, etc.
• A further 300 people have taken refuge in the US embassy.
• The region was a place of refuge for outlaws and bandits.
• They were forced to seek refuge from the fighting.
• As the situation at home got worse she increasingly took refuge in her work.

Extra Examples

• The cave provided refuge from the storm.
• They found refuge from the bright sun.
• They sought refuge in the mountain villages.
• A further 300 people have taken refuge in the embassy.
2. a place, person or thing that provides shelter or protection for somebody/something
• The marshes are a wetland refuge for seabirds, waders and wild fowl.
• He regarded the room as a refuge from the outside world.

Extra Examples

• a town that became a refuge for a number of dissident artists
• They looked to the country as the last refuge of liberty.
3. a building that provides a temporary home for people in need of shelter or protection from somebody/something
• The best option for a female victim of domestic abuse is to contact a women's refuge.
• During the great fire of 1871 the church served as a refuge for the homeless.

Extra Examples

• Many children consider the facility a welcome refuge.
• a monk living in a mountain refuge
• They were hoping to find a safe refuge for the night.
4. an area in the middle of a road where you can stand and wait for cars to go past until it is safe for you to cross

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin refugium, from Latin re- ‘back’ + fugere ‘flee’.