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Harbor
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- 1 A surname, variant of Harbour. countable, uncountable
- 2 A census-designated place in Curry County, Oregon, United States. countable, uncountable
- 1 Any place of shelter. US, countable
"The neighborhood is a well-known harbor for petty thieves."
- 2 a place of refuge and comfort and security wordnet
- 3 A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may anchor or dock, especially for loading and unloading. US, countable
"[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."
- 4 a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo wordnet
- 5 A mixing box for materials. US, countable
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- 6 A house of the zodiac, or the mansion of a heavenly body. US, countable, obsolete
- 7 Shelter, refuge. US, obsolete, uncountable
- 1 To provide a harbor or safe place for. US, transitive
"The docks, which once harbored tall ships, now harbor only petty thieves."
- 2 maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings) wordnet
- 3 To take refuge or shelter in a protected expanse of water. US, intransitive
"The fleet harbored in the south."
- 4 hold back a thought or feeling about wordnet
- 5 To drive (a hunted stag) to covert. US, transitive
"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."
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- 6 keep in one's possession; of animals wordnet
- 7 To hold or persistently entertain in one's thoughts or mind. US, transitive
"She harbors a conviction that her husband has a secret, criminal past."
- 8 secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals) wordnet
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”). Doublet of albergo and auberge. See also borrow, bury, harbinger, harry and here.
From Middle English herberwen, herbere, from Old English herebeorgian (“to take up one's quarters, lodge”), from the noun (see above).
English surname, variant of Harbour.
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