harbor

[harĀ·bor]

A harbor is a safe place providing refuge and comfort. If you're traveling, the harbor provided by a warm hotel is welcome. For ships, a harbor is a sheltered port area shielded from waves, where it's safe to dock.

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A station for rest and entertainment; a place of security and comfort; a refuge; a shelter.

Noun
a place of refuge and comfort and security

Noun
a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo

Verb
maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings); "bear a grudge"; "entertain interesting notions"; "harbor a resentment"

Verb
hold back a thought or feeling about; "She is harboring a grudge against him"

Verb
keep in one''s possession; of animals

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Verb
secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals)


n.
A station for rest and entertainment; a place of security and comfort; a refuge; a shelter.

n.
Specif.: A lodging place; an inn.

n.
The mansion of a heavenly body.

n.
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.

n.
A mixing box materials.

n.
To afford lodging to; to enter as guest; to receive; to give a refuge to; indulge or cherish (a thought or feeling, esp. an ill thought).

v. i.
To lodge, or abide for a time; to take shelter, as in a harbor.


Harbor

Har"bor , n. [Written also harbour.] [OE herbor, herberwe, herberge, Icel. herbergi (cf. OHG. heriberga), orig., a shelter for soldiers; herr army + bjarga to save, help, defend; akin to AS. here army, G. heer, OHG. heri, Goth. harjis, and AS. beorgan to save, shelter, defend, G. bergen. See Harry, 2d Bury, and cf. Harbinger.] 1. A station for rest and entertainment; a place of security and comfort; a refuge; a shelter.
[A grove] fair harbour that them seems.
For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked.
2. Specif.: A lodging place; an inn. [Obs.] Chaucer. 3. (Astrol.) The mansion of a heavenly body. [Obs.] 4. 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. 5. (Glass Works) A mixing box materials. Harbor dues (Naut.), fees paid for the use of a harbor. -- Harbor seal (Zo'94l.), the common seal. -- Harbor watch, a watch set when a vessel is in port; an anchor watch.

Harbor

Har"bor , v. t. [Written also harbour.] [imp. & p. p. Harbored ; p. pr. & vb. n. Harboring.] [OE. herberen, herberwen, herbergen; cf. Icel. herbergja. See Harbor, n.] To afford lodging to; to enter as guest; to receive; to give a refuge to; indulge or cherish (a thought or feeling, esp. an ill thought).
Any place that harbors men.
The bare suspicion made it treason to harbor the person suspected.
Let not your gentle breast harbor one thought of outrage.

Harbor

Har"bor, v. i. To lodge, or abide for a time; to take shelter, as in a harbor.
For this night let's harbor here in York.

A station for rest and entertainment; a place of security and comfort; a refuge; a shelter.

To afford lodging to; to enter as guest; to receive; to give a refuge to; indulge or cherish (a thought or feeling, esp. an ill thought).

To lodge, or abide for a time; to take shelter, as in a harbor.

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Usage Examples

There are no contests in the Art of Peace. A true warrior is invincible because he or she contests with nothing. Defeat means to defeat the mind of contention that we harbor within.

I agree that it is not just the extremists who harbor bad thoughts or engage in bad acts, but they are usually the source of the polarization and try to keep education and communication of the main stream from moving forward.

I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey.

I firmly believe that all human beings have access to extraordinary energies and powers. Judging from accounts of mystical experience, heightened creativity, or exceptional performance by athletes and artists, we harbor a greater life than we know.

Every nation has to either be with us, or against us. Those who harbor terrorists, or who finance them, are going to pay a price.

Pearl Harbor caused our Nation to wholeheartedly commit to winning World War II, changing the course of our Nation's history and the world's future.

The civil unrest of recent days must come to an end, and the healing process must begin for the future of the community. We will provide assistance both in ending the violence and enabling the healing process in Benton Harbor.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor.

You will not accept credit that is due to another, or harbor jealousy of an explorer who is more fortunate.

No one person invented Mulberry. The knowledge that we had to have this floating harbor slowly grew.

All of this suggests that while citizens became more comfortable with President Bush after September 11 and thought him to have the requisite leadership skills, they continue to harbor doubts about his priorities, loyalties, interests, and policies.

Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.

I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II.

My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor.

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