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# refuge

«refuge» in Mova's school dictionary: **safety or shelter from danger, trouble or bad weather** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (refuge — uncountable; a refuge, refuges)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Refuge is safety or shelter from danger, trouble or bad weather. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refuge/#m1)

2) A refuge is a place that gives this safety, like a shelter for animals, a mountain hut or a safe house for people escaping violence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refuge/#m2)

3) (church, Bible) Christians and Jews pray that God is their refuge, meaning a safe place to trust. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refuge/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and news, people "seek refuge" in another country, and a person given refuge may be called a refugee. In nature lessons, a wildlife refuge protects animals. In safety, a refuge on a busy road (a traffic island) is a safe place to stop when crossing. In the Psalms, God is called "my refuge and my strength". Phrases: "take refuge", "seek refuge", "a place of refuge", "wildlife refuge", "women's refuge".

### examples

- We took refuge under a tree when the storm started. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refuge/#x1)
- The family sought refuge in another country after the war. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refuge/#x2)
- The bird reserve is a refuge for wild geese. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refuge/#x3)
- (Bible) The psalm says, "God is our refuge and strength." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refuge/#x4)
- Climbers sheltered in a mountain refuge for the night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refuge/#x5)
- Wait on the traffic refuge in the middle of the road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refuge/#x6)
- The library was her refuge when the playground got too noisy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refuge/#x7)
- "Peasant," cries the Demon, "wherever can I take refuge?" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refuge/#x8)

### note

Uncountable for the idea ("take refuge"), countable for a place ("two refuges"). A refugee is a person who has to flee their country to find refuge. Pronounced REF-yooj. Do not confuse with "refuse" (rubbish, or to say no).

### In the corpora

- [And as to the cities which ye shall give, there shall be for you six cities of refuge.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1289/)
- [But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, whither he fleeth;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1302/)
- [That the LORD hath founded Zion, and in her shall the afflicted of His people take refuge.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.334/)
- [Be not a ruin unto me; Thou art my refuge in the day of evil.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.495/)
- [The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knoweth them that take refuge in Him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/NAM.9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «refuge» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refuge/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.