"sheltered" meaning in English

See sheltered in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈʃɛltɚd/ [General-American], /ˈʃɛltəd/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-sheltered.ogg Forms: more sheltered [comparative], most sheltered [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} sheltered (comparative more sheltered, superlative most sheltered)
  1. Protected, as from wind or weather. Translations (protected from wind etc.): закътан (zakǎtan) (Bulgarian), заветен (zaveten) (Bulgarian), a l'abric de (english: sheltered from) (Catalan), tuulensuojainen (Finnish), à l’abri de (english: sheltered from) (French), resgardado [masculine] (Galician), geschützt (German), varjokas (Ingrian), foscúil (Irish), beskyttet (Norwegian Bokmål), abrigado [masculine] (Portuguese), resguardado [masculine] (Portuguese), protegido [masculine] (Portuguese), abrigado [masculine] (Spanish), resguardado [masculine] (Spanish), protegido [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sheltered-en-adj-EbQvKTGb Disambiguation of 'protected from wind etc.': 94 6
  2. (sociology) (Of a person) who grew up being overprotected by parents or other guardians; often implies a lack of social skills or worldly experience. Categories (topical): Sociology
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sheltered workshop, tax-sheltered

Verb

IPA: /ˈʃɛltɚd/ [General-American], /ˈʃɛltəd/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-sheltered.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} sheltered
  1. simple past and past participle of shelter Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: shelter
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