harbor
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: nautical
transport
Etymology: From Middle English herberwe, herber, from Old English herebeorg (“shelter, lodgings, quarters”), from Proto-West Germanic *harjabergu (“army shelter, refuge”), from *harjaz (“army”) + *bergō (“protection”), equivalent to Old English here (“army, host”) + beorg (“defense, protection, refuge”). The final syllable was subsequently altered by analogy with the Anglo‐Norman and Old French suffix -or (as seen in loanwords like honour and labour). Doublet of albergo and auberge. See also borrow, bury, harbinger, harry and here.
Inflected forms:
form: harbors
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: harbour
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Commonwealth
form: harborough
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: herborough
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: harborow
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: harbors
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: harboring
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: harbored
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: harbored
pos: verb
tags: past
form: harbour
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Commonwealth
form: harborough
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: herborough
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: harborow
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Any place of shelter.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
examples: The neighborhood is a well-known harbor for petty thieves.
gloss: A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may anchor or dock, especially for loading and unloading.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
examples: [T]here aboutes dwelt greate multitudes of people half wilde, hiding thẽſelues in caues of the grounde, of ſmall ſtature, and very fearefull, for as ſoone as they ſawe them they fled into their holes, and that there was a great riuer and very good harborough.
A harbor, even if it is a little harbor, is a good thing, since adventurers come into it as well as go out, and the life in it grows strong, because it takes something from the world and has something to give in return.
gloss: A mixing box for materials.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
gloss: A house of the zodiac, or the mansion of a heavenly body.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
obsolete
gloss: Shelter, refuge.
pos: noun
tags: US
obsolete
uncountable
gloss: To provide a harbor or safe place for.
pos: verb
tags: US
transitive
examples: The docks, which once harbored tall ships, now harbor only petty thieves.
Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.
gloss: To take refuge or shelter in a protected expanse of water.
pos: verb
tags: US
intransitive
examples: The fleet harbored in the south.
gloss: To drive (a hunted stag) to covert.
pos: verb
tags: US
transitive
examples: This is the time that the horseman are flung out, not having the cry to lead them to the death. When quadruped animals of the venery or hunting kind are at rest, the stag is said to be harboured, the buck lodged, the fox kennelled, the badger earthed, the otter vented or watched, the hare formed, and the rabbit set.
gloss: To hold or persistently entertain in one's thoughts or mind.
pos: verb
tags: US
transitive
examples: She harbors a conviction that her husband has a secret, criminal past.
He said, “I am full of anger and bitterness at those people, but I will go to an AA meeting today and try to divest myself of these resentments, because if I hang on to resentments, I will drink again.” It occurred to me that this man was fortunate in being aware that harboring resentments is destructive.
Once I returned to the U.S., rather than harboring a grudge toward my captors, I would insist on being reassigned to Montesangre, reopening the embassy, and reestablishing diplomatic relations with the new regime.
No one is saying that we should forget important parts of our own life stories. But that's not the same thing as harboring a grudge, is it?
Related words: dock
haven
Derived words: Bar Harbor
Center Harbor
Charlotte Harbor
Cold Spring Harbor
Egg Harbor
Egg Harbor City
Friday Harbor
Grays Harbor
harborage
harbourage
harborfront
harborful
harbor gasket
harborless
Harbor Link
harbor master
harbormaster
harbourmaster
harbormistress
harbor of refuge
harborscape
harbor seal
harborside
harbor town
harborward
harborwards
Mare Harbor
Northeast Harbor
Oak Harbor
outharbor
safe harbor
Southwest Harbor
Tenants Harbor
Two Harbors
Winter Harbor
harborer
unharbor
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: подсло́н
roman: podslón
lang: Bulgarian
word: убе́жище
roman: ubéžište
lang: Catalan
word: port
lang: Catalan
word: refugi
lang: Danish
word: rede
lang: Dutch
word: rede
lang: Dutch
word: ree
lang: Finnish
word: turvapaikka
lang: Finnish
word: turvasatama
lang: French
word: havre
lang: French
word: rade
lang: French
word: refuge
lang: Galician
word: abeiro
lang: Galician
word: refuxoiro
lang: Galician
word: achego
lang: Hungarian
word: menedék
lang: Hungarian
word: menedékhely
lang: Ido
word: portuo
lang: Latin
word: portus
lang: Middle English
word: havene
lang: Norman
word: hâvre
lang: Polish
word: przystań
lang: Portuguese
word: albergue
lang: Romanian
word: adăpost
lang: Romanian
word: refugiu
lang: Russian
word: убе́жище
roman: ubéžišče
lang: Russian
word: приста́нище
roman: pristánišče
lang: Russian
word: кров
roman: krov
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: скро̏вӣште
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: skrȍvīšte
lang: Spanish
word: puerto
lang: Spanish
word: refugio
lang: Yiddish
word: פּאָרט
roman: port
lang: Yiddish
word: האַוון
roman: havn
lang: Zazaki
word: hebur