harbor
harbor
Definition
har·bor (här′bər)
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
Etymology: ME herberwe < OE herebeorg (& ON herbergi), lit., army shelter (< here, army + beorg, a shelter), akin to OHG heriberga: see harbinger
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
- to take shelter, as in a harbor
- to live or exist
har′·borer noun
har′·bor·less adjective
harbor
Synonyms
harbor
n.
harbor
Synonyms
harbor
v.
harbor
Usage Examples
Object
- resentment: I don't harbor any resentment against the audience for wanting to hear our older material.
- terrorist: If you harbor terrorists, you are a terrorist.
- illusion: We who contend for the human race's accountability to its Creator should not harbor any illusions.
- secret: Nick harbors a deadly secret that could cost both of them their souls.
- feeling: Never did the German people harbor hostile feeling against the peoples of Russia.
Converse of object
- enter: By the time we enter the eternally safe harbor of the celestial city we are ready to be citizens there.
- create: That's why scientists are so intrigued by creating safe harbors for fish, so they have a chance to mature and repopulate.
Adjective modifier
- one-hour: Count the stars train rides are from one-hour harbor.
- safe: There can be no safe harbor in the United States of America for violence.
- natural: The islands have no rivers and are marked by winding coastlines forming numerous natural harbors.
- large: In 2002, Kaohsiung harbor was the fifth largest harbor in the world in terms of the volume of container cargo processed.
Modifies a noun
- quot: Safe harbor quot players will be spotted in airports.
- terrorist: It was quite clear that the Taliban harbor terrorists.
- seal: Bay, many harbor seals are fully or partially reddish in color.
- entrance: The Lighthouse monument at Fort George Point towers over the harbor entrance.
- provision: These forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
- city: It had been the most important harbor city of the western Lycia for centuries.
Modifying Another Word
- still: That said, China's neighbors still harbor suspicions about Beijing's long-term intentions.
Noun used with modifier
- sand: May who was with an average sand harbor is.
Possessives
- appreciation: To geico insurance co need an harbor ' capital appreciation.
Browse dictionary entries near harbor
- harbinger
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- harassment
- harass
- Harare
- harangue
- Harald
- hara-kiri
- haptoglobin
- haptic
- harbor master
- harbor seal
- harborage
- harbour
- hard
- hard and fast
- hard-ass
- hard-bitten
- hard-boiled
- hard bop
