sheltered

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Adjective

sheltered (comparative more sheltered, superlative most sheltered)

Protected, as from wind or weather.
The boat was much safer, during the storm, in the sheltered cove.
(Of a person) who grew up being overprotected by parents or other guardians; often implies a lack of social skills, worldly experience, etc.

Translations

protected from wind etc.

Galician: resgardado m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: beskyttet

Verb

sheltered

simple past tense and past participle of shelter

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