harbor

A harbor is a place providing shelter or safety or a protected area in the water where boats anchor. (noun)

Harbor means to hide, protect or cling to. (verb)

See harbor in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a place of refuge, safety, etc.; retreat; shelter
a protected inlet, or branch of a sea, lake, etc., where ships can anchor, esp. one with port facilities

transitive verb

to serve as, or provide, a place of protection to; shelter or house; conceal or hide
to be the dwelling place or habitat of
to hold in the mind; cling to: to harbor a grudge

intransitive verb

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See harbor in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(härˈbər)

noun

transitive verb har·bored, har·bor·ing, har·bors

To give shelter to: harbor refugees; harbor a fugitive.
To provide a place, home, or habitat for: a basement that harbors a maze of pipes; streams that harbor trout and bass.
To entertain or nourish (a specified thought or feeling): harbor a grudge.

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