verb
Meaning 1
To shelter; to hole up.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
take refuge
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verb
Meaning 2
To return or come back and rely on or upon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, intransitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: sığınmaq — shelter, hole up
- Azerbaijani: daldalanmaq — shelter, hole up
- Azerbaijani: pənah aparmaq — shelter, hole up
- Azerbaijani: pənah gətirmək — shelter, hole up
- Esperanto: rifuĝi — shelter, hole up
- Italian: rifugiarsi — shelter, hole up
- Quechua: ayqeykuy — shelter, hole up
- Russian: укрыться (ukrytʹsja) — shelter, hole up
- Russian: спрятаться (sprjatatʹsja) — shelter, hole up
- Spanish: parapetarse — shelter, hole up
- Swedish: ta sin tillflykt (till något) — shelter, hole up
- Urdu: پناہ لینا (panāh lenā) — shelter, hole up
- Chinese: 皈依 (guīyī) — to return or come back and rely on or upon
- Sanskrit: शरणं गच्छामि (śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi) — to return or come back and rely on or upon
- Vietnamese: quy y — to return or come back and rely on or upon