intransitive (for reflexive). To find refuge, protection, or shelter; to shelter oneself; to lodge, dwell. (In this sense possibly confused with build…

to hide one's head: (a) to protect one's head, to shelter oneself, take shelter; (b) to keep out of sight, keep from shame or discomfiture.

intransitive. To seek shelter or retirement; to take shelter or refuge. archaic.

intransitive. To use subterfuges. Now rare.

intransitive. To seek or take refuge; to seek shelter or protection. Also figurative.

to take refuge. figurative. With in. To have recourse to a particular thought, argument, indulgence, etc., as a means of escape, consolation…

transitive. To shelter, protect; to provide with a place of safety or refuge. Also intransitive: to shelter, take refuge. Cf. harbour, v. 3a…

to go to earth: (of a hunted animal) to hide in an earth; (frequently figurative) to go into hiding, to lie low.

intransitive. To go into a hole. to hole up, (a) to retire to a hole for hibernation; also, to seek shelter, to seek (temporary) quarters; (b) to…