Associations to the word «Refuge»
Noun
- Rajah
- Tern
- Guerrilla
- Strife
- Convict
- Pompey
- Calvert
- Protection
- Heracles
- Iberia
- Steed
- Osprey
- Partisan
- Massacre
- Butte
- Inca
- Fauna
- Armenian
- Shoreline
- Ding
- Mongol
- Emir
- Concealment
- Lac
- Kabul
- Drought
- Siding
- Inhabitant
- Cache
- Herd
- Revolt
- Woodpecker
- Hermit
- Robber
- Protector
- Chesapeake
- Migration
- Constantinople
- Magdalen
- Mountain
- Rocky
- Crane
- Duck
- Valuable
- Invader
- Parcel
- Montevideo
- Sheldon
- Castle
- Siege
- Predator
- Ravenna
- Genocide
- Civilian
- Laguna
- Mont
- Shipwreck
- Nobles
- Storm
- Villager
- Countryside
- Rebel
- Islet
- Consulate
- Settler
- Roosevelt
- Island
- Seeker
- Huron
- Lake
- Stork
- Crocodile
- Bog
Adjective
Wiktionary
REFUGE, noun. A state of safety, protection or shelter.
REFUGE, noun. A place providing safety, protection or shelter.
REFUGE, noun. Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort.
REFUGE, noun. An expedient to secure protection or defence.
REFUGE, noun. A refuge island.
REFUGE, verb. (intransitive) To return to a place of shelter.
REFUGE, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To shelter; to protect.
REFUGE ISLAND, noun. A raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street crossing, allowing pedestrians to pause safely in the middle of the road.
REFUGE ISLANDS, noun. Plural of refuge island
Dictionary definition
REFUGE, noun. A safe place; "He ran to safety".
REFUGE, noun. Something or someone turned to for assistance or security; "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying".
REFUGE, noun. A shelter from danger or hardship.
REFUGE, noun. Act of turning to for assistance; "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort".
Wise words
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as
effective as a rightly timed pause.