harbor
noun
1. a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
Similar word(s): harbour, haven, seaport
Definition categories: location, port
2. a place of refuge and comfort and security
Similar word(s): harbour
Definition categories: man–made, asylum, refuge, sanctuary
Sentences with harbor as a noun:
- 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 - Sarah Orne Jewett
- The neighborhood is a well-known harbor for petty thieves.
verb
1. maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
- harbor a resentment
Similar word(s): entertain, harbour, hold, nurse
Definition categories: emotion, experience, feel
2. secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals)
Similar word(s): harbour
Definition categories: stative, shelter
3. keep in one's possession; of animals
Similar word(s): harbour
Definition categories: possession, keep
4. hold back a thought or feeling about
- She is harboring a grudge against him
Similar word(s): harbour, shield
Definition categories: perception, conceal, hide
Sentences with harbor as a verb:
- The docks, which once harbored tall ships, now harbor only petty thieves.
- The fleet harbored in the south.
- She harbors a conviction that her husband has a secret, criminal past.