to find shelter
15
2.9
- phrasal verb
:
buscar refugio
- As the tornado approached, everyone was advised to find shelter immediately.
I'd be focused on getting my next meal, on finding shelter, on getting water, on staying alive.
- I'd be focused on getting my next meal, on finding shelter, on getting water, on staying alive.
- So let's say they see that the weather is getting bad, so they know that they will need to find shelter.
- And she ends up escaping and finds shelter with this guy who is training her to become a blade in the society that she was born into.
Examples
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Some Hurricane Sandy victims have found shelter in hotels as far away as Albany.
Blog text (6) -
I'll try to find shelter!
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You have four minutes to find shelter.
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- We got to find shelter.
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So we need to find shelter or something and get some rest.
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You need to find shelter immediately.
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We need to find shelter.
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How can we find shelter?
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We've got to find shelter before the ground troops get here!
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We must find shelter!
Synonyms
69
3.4
To move to a place that protects you from danger or bad weather
15
1.6
Remain inside a building to avoid bad weather or danger
6
3.5
To get to a safe place to escape danger
Antonyms
How Safe
15
2.9
69
3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining find (to obtain or seek) with shelter (a place of protection), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to understand it without prior exposure. The phrase is literal and cross-linguistically common (e.g., Spanish buscar refugio, French chercher un abri), reinforcing its predictability.
Etymology
Find shelter creates a simple picture: people or animals running into a cave, under a tree, or inside a building when a storm or danger comes. That's why find and shelter together mean 'to find a safe place from danger or bad weather'.