English Dictionary
Definition of “refuge”
refuge (ˈrɛfjuːdʒ
)
Definitions
noun
- shelter or protection, as from the weather or danger
- any place, person, action, or thing that offers or appears to offer protection, help, or relief ⇒
accused of incompetence, he took refuge in lying
- another name for traffic island
verb
- archaic to take refuge or give refuge to
Word Origin
C14: via Old French from Latin refugium , from refugere to flee away, from re- + fugere to escape
Translations
- British English:
refuge
If you take refuge somewhere, you try to protect yourself from physical harm by going there.They took refuge in a shelter.ˈrɛfjuːdʒ NOUN They took refuge in a shelter.
- Spanish:
refugio
nm
- French:
refuge
nm
- German:
Zuflucht
nf
- Chinese: 庇护 n
- Arabic: مَلْجَأ n
- Portuguese: refúgio nm
- Russian: убежище nnt
- Croatian: utočište v
- Czech: útočiště nnt
- Danish: tilflugtssted nnt
- Dutch: toevluchtsoord nnt
- Finnish: turvapaikka n
- Greek: καταφύγιο nnt
- Italian: rifugio nm
- Japanese: 避難所 n
- Korean: 피난처 n
- Norwegian: tilflukt nm
- Polish: schronienie nnt
- Brazilian Portuguese: refúgio nm
- European Spanish:
refugio
nm
- Swedish: tillflykt nutr
- Thai: ที่หลบภัย n
- Turkish: sığınak n
- Vietnamese: nơi trú ẩn n
Usage examples
Mike himself recoiled from her tartness like a cuffed puppy, taking refuge in silence.
Murray, Stephen, Death and Transfiguration (1994)A yachtsman had to abandon his 30 foot wooden yacht'The Spark' which was on fire, and had take refuge in his rubber dingy.
Yachting Boating World (2004)Democrats disagreed, arguing the refuge 's oil was not nearly enough to significantly impact imports.
Globe and Mail (2003)The council's own risk assessment consultants advised the club to consider toxic refuge shelters in addition.
Liverpool Daily Post and Echo (2003)Other refuge have I none; hangs my helpless soul on thee; leave, ah!
Peter Stanford, HEAVEN: A Traveller's Guide to the Undiscovered Country (2002)
