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Synonyms for sheltered

Grammar : Adj
Spell : shel-terd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃɛl tərd

Définition of sheltered

Origin :
  • "screened, protected," 1590s, past participle adjective from shelter (v.). Meaning "protected from the usual hardships of life" is from 1888. Related: Shelteredness.
  • adj shaded
Example sentences :
  • The brain is hidden in darkness, sheltered within a box of bone.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan
  • Then the day slipped over an unseen height, and fell into a sheltered calm.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • The friendly creature who sheltered him trembled like an aspen.
  • Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
  • In sheltered spots the glass rose as high as 31, and symptoms of a thaw appeared.
  • Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
  • Frank tied the boat in a sheltered spot at the foot of the cliff.
  • Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
  • We have seen that she had once sheltered the "Beggars of the Sea."
  • Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
  • Various other instances.water into rage, except where it is sheltered by the hills.
  • Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
  • Set out cauliflower plants, where they can be sheltered; and if glasses are used, put two under each, for fear of one failing.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • Sow another crop of peas, and plant more beans; choose a dry spot for them, where they can be sheltered from the winter's cold.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • There is another in the next courtyard; she is not sheltered so.
  • Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael

Antonyms for sheltered

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