Refuge

Definitions: Refuge

Refuge

Noun

1. A safe place; "He ran to safety".

2. Something or someone turned to for assistance or security: "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying".

3. A shelter from danger or hardship.

4. Act of turning to for assistance: "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "refuge" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Satire

Food & Agriculture

Social Sciences

Transportation

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Refuge

Ambush

Ambush, ambuscade; stalking horse; lurking hole, lurking place; secret path, back stairs; retreat; (refuge).

Arrival

Home, goal, goalpost; landing place, landing stage; bunder; resting place; destination, harbor, haven, port, airport, spaceport; terminus, halting place, halting ground, landing strip, runway, terminal; journey's end; anchorage; (refuge).

Quiescence

Resting place; gite; bivouac; home; (abode); pillow; (support); haven; (refuge); goal; (arrival).

Refuge

Verb: seek refuge, take refuge, find refuge; Noun: seek safety, find safety; throw oneself into the arms of; break for taller timber.

Roadstead, anchorage; breakwater, mole, port, haven; harbor, harbor of refuge; seaport; pier, jetty, embankment, quay.

Noun: refuge, sanctuary, retreat, fastness; acropolis; keep, last resort; ward; prison; asylum, ark, home, refuge for the destitute; almshouse; hiding place; (ambush); sanctum sanctorum; (privacy).

Safety

Refuge; anchor; precaution; (preparation); quarantine, cordon sanitaire. confidence.

Crosswords: Refuge

French (asylum, burrow, Harbor, harbour, haven, hideaway, hideout, hiding, place of refuge, refuge, retreat, sanctuary, sanctum, shelter), Swedish (island, refuge, traffic island).

Vengence is the refuge of the weak. (Space Ghost Coast to Coast; writing credit: Ben Karlin)

I guess ev'ry form of refuge has its price ("Lyin' Eyes"; performing artist: The Eagles)

One may make their house a palace of sham, or they can make it a home, a refuge. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Dernier refuge (1946)

Le Refuge (1930)

Refuge (1923)

The Refuge (1915)

Refuge (2002)

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Books

• Requiem at the Refuge (reference)

• The Long Way Home (Snelling, Lauraine. Secret Refuge, 3.) (reference)

• The Sanctuary Garden: Creating a Place of Refuge in Your Yard or Garden (reference)

• Visionseeker: Shared Wisdom from the Place of Refuge (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Refuge (reference)

• Refuge Reporter (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Refuge (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The Lena River, some 2,800 miles(4,500km) long, is one of the largest rivers in the world. The Lena Delta Reserve is the most extensive protected wilderness area in Russia. It is an important refuge and breeding grounds for many species of Siberian wildlife.Credit: NASA.

The City of Refuge.Credit: America's Coastlines.

A favorite diving spot at the City of Refuge.Credit: America's Coastlines.

Volunteers plant a salt marsh plant smooth cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora, at the Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge on Eastern Neck Island, MD.Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Diving bell serves as a transport and refuge for divers.Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Purple reef fish use corals for refuge from larger predators. Chromis cyaneus.Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

NRCS and the US Fish and Wildlife Service working cooperatively on range management issues on the Witchita National Wildlife Refuge. Oklahoma.Credit: Jeff Vanuga.

Bluestem establishes cover after a prescribed burn one year earlier on the Witchita National Wildlife Refuge. Oklahoma.Credit: Jeff Vanuga.

Black Water Wildlife Refuge in Maryland at dawn.Credit: USDA.

Canada Goose with 16 Goslings in the Klamath Wildlife Refuge.Credit: Terry Tuttle.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

She fled for refuge, as it were, to the public exposure, and dreaded the moment when its protection should be withdrawn from her.

He built, at his own expense, a house of refuge, an institution then almost unknown in France, and provided a fund for old and infirm labourers.

Perhaps they had taken refuge in number and noise from the secret dread in their souls.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Sean is 11 years old. He was camping with his class at the Okeefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia. (references)

Like the shingles-causing virus, many other herpesviruses can take refuge in the nervous system after an individual has suffered an initial infection. (references)

The thread-like sporozoite promptly takes refuge from the human body's immune system defenses by invading a liver cell. There, during the next week or two (depending on the species), each sporozoite develops into a schizont, a structure that contains thousands of tiny rounded merozoites (another stage of the parasite). (references)

Children

Dominican Republic

There are several church-run shelters that provide refuge to children who escape prostitution. (references)

Civil Liberties

Equatorial Guinea

Gabon expelled Nchama, who found refuge in Spain. (references)

Costa Rica

There is a long tradition of providing refuge to persons from other countries. (references)

Economic History

Hungary

Nagy and his colleagues took refuge in the Yugoslav Embassy. (references)

Afghanistan

Pakistan, aided by UN agencies, private groups, and many friendly countries, continues to provide refuge to several million Afghans. (references)

Vietnam

Later, hundreds of thousands of other Vietnamese nationals fled as well, seeking temporary refuge in camps throughout Southeast Asia. (references)

Human Rights

Morocco

Some of the students sought refuge in the Confederation Democratique du Travail (CDT) headquarters. (references)

Iraq

In November 1999, the Government expelled more than 4,000 families that had sought refuge in Baghdad after the 1991 Gulf War. (references)

Mexico

The 15 displaced families subsequently took refuge in the nearby village of Hidalgo Joshil, and at year's end the families had not returned to their homes. (references)

Minorities

Cote d'Ivoire

In April and May the persons who sought refuge in Danane gradually were able to return to Zouan-Hounien. (references)

Bhutan

Beginning in 1991, ethnic Nepalese began to leave southern areas of the country in large numbers and take refuge in Nepal. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

Several houses and cars were burned, and 773 persons, including foreigners and Dioula, were forced to leave Zouan-Hounien and seek refuge in Danane, the nearest large town. (references)

Political Economy

Venezuela

However, in August the National Assembly approved a law on refuge and asylum designed to broaden refugees' rights and improve their treatment. (references)

Women

Luxembourg

In 2000 shelters provided refuge to 362 women and 413 children. (references)

Liechtenstein

A women's shelter provided refuge for 23 women and 34 children during the year. (references)

Worker Rights

Albania

She later received refuge with an organization in Italy. (references)

United Arab Emirates

A 17-year old Bangladeshi girl sought refuge at the Bangladeshi Embassy after being forced into prostitution by the agent who brought her to the country. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Refuge

Expressions using "refuge": Cities of refuge ♦ house of refuge ♦ night refuge ♦ place of refuge ♦ refuge area ♦ refuge chamber ♦ refuge for the destitute ♦ seek a refuge ♦ seek refuge ♦ take a refuge ♦ take refuge ♦ take refuge in ♦ taking refuge. Additional references.

Beginning with "refuge": refuge-seeker, refuge-seeking.

Ending with "refuge": prospect-refuge.

Afrikaan

toevlugsoord (asylum, place, place of refuge, sanctuary, shelter). (various references)

Albanian

strehoj (accommodate, billet, Canton, cover, embay, Harbor, harbour, haven, home, host, house, Lodge, quarter, resettle, shelter), strehim (accommodation, billet, bunker, casemate, coverture, dugout, housing, quarterage, resettlement, resort, shelter), strehë (asylum, awning, cover, dwelling, hangout, Harbor, harbour, haven, home, hostel, house, housing, hovel, Lee, lodgement, lodgment, lurking place, mew, pad, peak, port, recourse, retreat, roof, sanctuary, sanctum, sconce, shade, shed, shelter), shpëtim (consolation, deliverance, escape, rescue, salvation, save, saving), ngushëllues (comforter, comforting, consolatory, consoling, sympathizer), ngushëllim (comfort, commiseration, condolence, consolation, relief, resort, solace). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ملجأ (asylum, burrow, cover, harbor, harbour, haven, hideaway, hideout, home, lair, poorhouse, recourse, resort, resource, retreat, sanctuary, sanctum, shelter), ‏ملاذ (anchor, anchorage, asylum, harbor, harbour, haven, hermitage, hideaway, recourse, resort, retreat, sanctuary, shelter), ‏مأوى (asylum, dwelling, habitation, haven, house, quarters, resort, resting place, retreat, sanctuary, shelter), ‏لجأه, ‏لجأ (get one's way, go). (various references)

Bulgarian 

убежище (asylum, citadel, harborage, harbourage, haunt, haven, port, protection, retreat, sanctuary, sconce, sheet anchor, shelter), спасение (help, redemption, rescue, rock, salvation), резерват (preserve, reservation, reserve, sanctuary, wildlife sanctuary), търся убежище на, търся подслон на, остров (island), намирам убежище, намирам подслон, прибежище (recourse), подслонявам (accommodate, house, shelter, take in), подслон (harborage, harbour, harbourage, housing, inn, nest, protection, rest, roof, sconce, shelter), давам убежище на, давам подслон на (put up, shelter). (various references)

Chinese 

避难所, 避難所 . (various references)

Czech

refýž, pomoc (aid, assistance, help, ministration, relief, remedy, stand by, standby, succour, support), chodníèek, útulek (harborage, harbour, harbourage, haven, resting place, retreat, shelter), útoèištì (harbour, haven, recourse, resort, resource, sanctuary). (various references)

Danish

vildtreservat (game fencing, game park, game preserve, game reserve, game sanctuary, preserve, wildlife reserve), trafikø, krisecenter, helle (bollard). (various references)

Dutch

toevlucht (place of refuge, sanctuary, shelter). (various references)

Esperanto

rifuĝo. (various references)

Faeroese

skjól, skýli. (various references)

Farsi 

پناهندگی , پناهگاه (Asylum, Awning, Burrow, Covert, Harbor, Hovel, Resort, Sanctuary, Shelter, Stronghold), پناه دادن (Fence, Harbor, House, Shelter), پناه بردن (Harbor), پناه (Awning, Blind, Bulwark, Guard, Safeguard), ملجا (Resort), تحصن . (various references)

Finnish

rauhoitusalue (box, preserve, sanctuary, wildlife reserve, wildlife sanctuary), turvakoti. (various references)

French

refuge (place of refuge, recess, refuge hole, retreat). (various references)

German

Zuflucht (place of refuge, recourse, sanctuary, shelter), Hort (day-home for schoolchildren, hoard, nursery, palladium, stronghold, treasure). (various references)

Greek 

καταφύγιο (abode, recess, recourse, refuge hole, resort, sanctuary, shelter). (various references)

Hebrew 

מש�'ב (fortress, high place, protection, stronghold), מקלט (asylum, haven, shelter), מפלט (asylum, escape, haven, retreat, shelter), מחס�" (cover, haven, shelter), מסתור (cache, hideaway, hiding place), מ� וס (escape, flight, retreat, way out), חסיון (privilege, shelter), חסות (auspices, patronage, protection, sponsorship). (various references)

Hungarian

óvóhely (air-raid shelter, bombshelter, bunker, cove, dugout, shelter). (various references)

Indonesian

berlindung (seek refuge (protection), take shelter). (various references)

Italian

riparo (air house, apron, breastwork, buckle, Cote, cover, fender, guard, machinery guarding, protection, screen, shelter, shield), rifugio (air house, asylum, civil defense shelter, covert, den, Harbor, harborage, harbour, harbourage, haven, housing, hut, sanctuary, shelter), ricovero (accommodation, admission, asylum, backup, confinement, haunt, home, hospitalization, lodging, old people's home, poorhouse, recovery, rest, sanctuary, shed, shelter), salvagente (life buoy, life preserver, lifebelt, lifejacket, traffic island), pedana spartitraffico, lustra (asylum, den, lair, simulation), isola pedonale (pedestrian area, pedestrian precinct, pedestrian zone), centro d'accoglienza, bandita (preserve, wildlife reserve), banchina (benching, berm, hard shoulder, loading bank, pier, platform, quay, quayside, seat, shoulder, side-strip, terrace, verge, wharf). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

� れ家 (hiding place), � れ� �所 (hiding place), 逃�'� � (escape), 駆け込み寺 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

に�'ば (escape), かくれが (hiding place), かくればしょ (hiding place), かけ�"みでら. (various references)

Korean 

�"�난. (various references)

Manx

kemmyrk (asylum, asylum refuge, funkhole, protection, sanctuary). (various references)

Pig Latin

efugeray

Portuguese

refúgio (asylum, blind, burrow, Harbor, harbor dues, harbour, harbour dues, have not, hide, hideaway, place of refuge, resort, rock, shelter). (various references)

Romanian

retragere (backing, climb down, recall, recession, regress, retire, retirement, retiring, retraction, retreat, seclusion, withdrawal), refugiu (asylum, covert, flight, Harbor, harbour, haven, hiding, home, kennel, niche, pied a terre, recourse, retreat, sanctuary, shelter), scutealã (shelter), liman (bank, coast, estuary, Firth, Harbor, harbour, haven, lagoon, shore), bãjenie (exile, exodus), azil (asylum, home, hospice, hospital, institution, retreat, sanctuary, shelter), ajutor (abettor, accommodation, accomplice, adjoint, adjunct, adjutancy, adjutant, adjuvant, adminicle, aid, ancillary, assistance, assistant, auxiliary, backer, backing, collaboration, contribution, co-operation, deputy, easement, fire, friend, furtherance, help, helper, helpfulness, helping, mate, means, ministrant, office, redress, relief, remedy, rescue, salvation, saver, second, service, sos, staff, stand by, stead, succor, succour, support, supporter, sustainer, upholder), adãpostire (housing, sheltering), adãpost (bunker, burrow, cot, cover, covert, coverture, flight, Harbor, harbour, haven, home, house, housing, kennel, lair, lodgment, nest, niche, penthouse, port, recourse, retreat, roofing, safeguard, sanctuary, sconce, screen, shadow, shelter, shield, shroud, stall, support), acoperãmânt (cover, Pall, roof, shelter, veil), ţãrm (bank, beach, border, brim, brink, clime, foreshore, haven, margin, region, river side, seaboard, sea-shore, seaside, shore, sphere, strand). (various references)

Russian 

убежище (asylum, bolt-hole, burrow, citadel, dugout, harborage, harbour, harbourage, haven, hideaway, hideout, hide-out, hiding place, hiding-place, lurking-place, niche, nook, port, retreat, sancta, sanctuary, sanctum, shelter, subterfuge). (various references)

Scottish

tèarmunn (sanctuary). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zbeg, zaklon (blindage, cover, covert, entrenchment, screen, shelter, splasher), utočište (anchor, asylum, harborage, harbourage, haunt, haven, niche, shelter), skloniti (clear, clear away, dismount, hide, lay by, put away, remove, take away), sklonište (bombshelter, covert, ivy bush, retreat, shelter). (various references)

Spanish

refugio (Alpine hut, asylum, climber's hut, cover, covert, divisional island, harborage, harbourage, haven, housing, lieu, mountain hut, pied a terre, place of refuge, retreat, safety island, sanctuary, traffic island). (various references)

Swedish

tillflykt (recourse, resort, sanctuary, shelter), fristad (asylum, resting place, sanctuary). (various references)

Turkish

refüj (safety island, safety zone, traffic island), sığınmak (defect, fall back upon a thing, Harbor, harbour, nestle, take refuge in, take sanctuary, take shelter in, take to, turn to), sığınak (air-raid shelter, asylum, bunker, burrow, cove, cover, covering, covert, cranny, creep, den, fastness, Harbor, harbour, haven, lair, repair, sanctuary, shelter, stronghold, tabernacle, tower), kalmak (abide, be left, be left over, bed, come to, continue, devolve, fail, flunk, keep, keep to, leave, put up, remain, rest with, room, sleep, stand, stay, stop, survive, Tarry, wait), kalacak yer bulmak, kalacak yer (accommodation, accommodations, lodging, quarters, rooms, sleeping accommodation), iltica (asylum, defection), barınak (asylum, burrow, cove, Harbor, harbour, haven, hiding place, housing, repair, sanctuary, shelter). (various references)

Turkmen 

halas bolmak (take refuge). (various references)

Ukranian 

сховатися (decamp, elope, ensconce), утіха (amusement, comfort, joy, resort, solace), притулок (accommodation, asylum, bield, chimney, cover, harbour, niche, nook, port, purlieu, sanctuary, shelter, subterfuge, succor, succour), порятунок (escape, salvage, saving), давати притулок (accommodate, bield, nestle, roof). (various references)

Vietnamese 

nơi trốn tránh (hide-away, hide-out, hiding-place, sanctuary), nơi ẩn náu (asylum, haven, hiding-place, lurking-place). (various references)

Welsh

noddfa (asylum), nodded (protection), lloches (den, shelter), argel (concealment, hidden, occult, secret, secret place), achles (manure, protection). (various references)

asylon. (various references)

amasa, amasae, amasai, amasam, ara, arabes, arabum, araceum, arad, arae, aram, ararum, aras, arce, arcem, arci, arcis, arcum, aree, asa, asadiam, asaiam, asam, asamian, aseas, asum, castellum, confugii, gerarae, inportabilia, portarii, portibus, portum, portus, refugii, refugium, respectu, respectus, sisara, sisarae, sisaram. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "refuge": refuged, refugee, refugeeism, refugeeisms, refugees, refuges. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Refuge" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: efuge, refaged, refig, refume, regurge, resuge, rufug. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: eger, fere, free, frug, gree, grue, reef, urge.

-3 letters: ere, erg, fee, fer, feu, fug, fur, gee, ree, ref, reg, rue, rug.

-4 letters: ef, er, re.

+1 letter: refuged, refugee, refuges.

+2 letters: refigure, refugees.

+3 letters: febrifuge, fenugreek, forejudge, gauffered, prefigure, refigured, refigures, refueling, refulgent, regretful, unfreeing, vermifuge.

+4 letters: centrifuge, enfleurage, febrifuges, fenugreeks, figurehead, forejudged, forejudges, fourragere, greenstuff, prefigured, prefigures, presageful, refuelling, refugeeism, refulgence, revengeful, subterfuge, unfreezing, vermifuges.

+5 letters: centrifuged, centrifuges, enfleurages, figureheads, fluegelhorn, fourrageres, frequenting, gracefuller, gratefuller, greenstuffs, gruffnesses, lifeguarded, overfatigue, prestigeful, reconfigure, refugeeisms, refulgences, regretfully, safeguarded, subfreezing, subterfuges, suffragette, unfettering.

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