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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun harbour has 2 senses
- harbour(n = noun.location) harbor, haven, seaport - a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo; Array has parts: dock, dockage, docking facility, landing, landing place, anchorage, anchorage ground
- harbour(n = noun.artifact) harbor - a place of refuge and comfort and security; Array is a kind of asylum, refuge, sanctuary
is a part of seafront
is a kind of port
has particulars: coaling station, port of call, caesarea, pearl harbor, boston harbor
Derived form verb harbour1
Verb harbour has 4 senses
- harbour(v = verb.stative) harbor - secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals); Array is one way to shelter
- harbour(v = verb.possession) harbor - keep in one's possession; of animals; Array is one way to hold on, keep
- harbour(v = verb.perception) harbor, shield - hold back a thought or feeling about; "She is harboring a grudge against him" is one way to conceal, hide
- harbour(v = verb.emotion) entertain, harbor, hold, nurse - maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings); "bear a grudge"; "entertain interesting notions"; "harbor a resentment" is one way to experience, feel
Derived forms noun harbour2, noun harbourage1
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
harbour, n. & v. (US harbor)
--n.
1 a place of shelter for ships.
2 a shelter; a place of refuge or protection.
--v.
1 tr. give shelter to (esp. a criminal or wanted person).
2 tr. keep in one's mind, esp. resentfully (harbour a grudge).
3 intr. come to anchor in a harbour.
--n.
1 a place of shelter for ships.
2 a shelter; a place of refuge or protection.
--v.
1 tr. give shelter to (esp. a criminal or wanted person).
2 tr. keep in one's mind, esp. resentfully (harbour a grudge).
3 intr. come to anchor in a harbour.
Idiom
harbour-master an official in charge of a harbour.
Derivative
harbourless adj.
Etymology
OE herebeorg perh. f. ON, rel. to HARBINGER
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