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sheltering

verb , present participle of shelter

Synonyms and Antonyms of sheltering

1 to be or provide a shelter for

the abandoned barn shelters a colony of stray cats

Synonyms of sheltering

harboring, refuging

Words Related to sheltering

covering, defending, protecting, safeguarding, screening, securing, shielding, warding

domiciling, housing, placing, quartering

shading, shadowing

Near Antonyms of sheltering

2 to provide with living quarters or shelter

sheltered the troops in tents until permanent barracks could be built

Synonyms of sheltering

accommodating, bestowing, billeting, bivouacking, boarding, bunking, camping, chambering, domiciling, encamping, harboring, housing, lodging, putting up, quartering, roofing, rooming, taking in

Words Related to sheltering

ensconcing, homing, roosting, securing, shedding, stabling, tenting

Near Antonyms of sheltering

ejecting, evicting

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