Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sheltered part of a body of water deep enough to provide anchorage for ships.
- noun A place of shelter; a refuge.
- transitive verb To give shelter to.
- transitive verb To provide a place, home, or habitat for.
- transitive verb To entertain or nourish (a specified thought or feeling).
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A place of shelter; a lodging; an inn.
- noun Specifically The covert of the hart or hind.
- noun Accommodation; lodging; shelter; refuge.
- noun A port or haven for ships; a sheltered recess in the coast-line of a sea, gulf, bay, or lake, most frequently at the mouth of a river.
- noun In glass-making, a chest 6 or 7 feet long which holds the mixed ingredients before they are put into the pot for fusion.
- noun An obsolete form of
arbor , a garden, etc. - To provide a lodging or lodging-place for; lodge.
- To give shelter to; protect; secure; secrete: as, to
harbor a thief. - Hence To entertain; cherish; indulge: as, to
harbor malice or revenge. - To trace home, as a deer to its covert; earth.
- Synonyms Foster, etc. See
cherish . - To lodge; dwell.
- To receive shelter or protection; be entertained; be secreted.
- To find a harbor; anchor in a harbor, as a ship.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To afford lodging to; to entertain as a guest; to shelter; to receive; to give a refuge to; to indulge or cherish (a thought or feeling, esp. an ill thought).
- intransitive verb To lodge, or abide for a time; to take shelter, as in a harbor.
- noun A station for rest and entertainment; a place of security and comfort; a refuge; a shelter.
- noun obsolete Specif.: A lodging place; an inn.
- noun (Astrol.), obsolete The mansion of a heavenly body.
- noun A portion of a sea, a lake, or other large body of water, either landlocked or artificially protected so as to be a place of safety for vessels in stormy weather; a port or haven.
- noun (Glass Works) A mixing box for materials.
- noun (Naut.) fees paid for the use of a harbor.
- noun (Zoöl.) the common seal.
- noun a watch set when a vessel is in port; an anchor watch.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
sheltered expanse ofwater , adjacent to land, in whichships maydock oranchor , especially forloading andunloading . - noun Any place of shelter.
- verb transitive To provide a harbor or safe place for.
- verb intransitive To take refuge or shelter in a protected expanse of water.
- verb transitive To hold or
persistently entertain in one'sthoughts ormind .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals)
- verb maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
- noun a place of refuge and comfort and security
- noun a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
- verb hold back a thought or feeling about
- verb keep in one's possession; of animals
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Whether he could sail the ship into the harbor is a totally different matter, and would probably require more Viagra and heart medication.
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The most outstanding thing you see in the harbor is a large number of abandoned fishing boats left to rot.
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The waters of the Chesapeake Bay, of which the harbor is an inlet, have enough exchange with the Atlantic that he can find a phage for almost any species of bacteria, he says.
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The Ancient Islamic fort guarding the harbor is pockmarked from years of shelling.
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The Ancient Islamic fort guarding the harbor is pockmarked from years of shelling.
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New York City, with the Statue of Liberty in its harbor, is a symbol of the very freedom and liberty upon which our great nation was founded.
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Heavily fortified, the impregnable harbor is guarded by the bloodthirsty Cazalla, a favorite commander of the Spanish king himself.
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That they could come off as the safe harbor from a out of control legislators who don't listen to their constituents.
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New York City, with the Statue of Liberty in its harbor, is a symbol of the very freedom and liberty upon which our great nation was founded.
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When a great ship is in harbor and moored, it is safe, there can be no doubt.
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ruzuzu commented on the word harbor
"2. Specifically The covert of the hart or hind."
--Century Dictionary
March 25, 2011