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Harbor

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Noun

1. harbor, harbour, haven, seaport

a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo

2. harbor, harbour

a place of refuge and comfort and security

Verb

3. entertain, harbor, harbour, hold, nurse

maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)

Example Sentences:
'bear a grudge'
'entertain interesting notions'
'harbor a resentment'

4. harbor, harbour

secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals)

5. harbor, harbour

keep in one's possession; of animals

6. harbor, harbour, shield

hold back a thought or feeling about

Example Sentences:
'She is harboring a grudge against him'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Harbor

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noun
1. 
a place of refuge, safety, etc.; retreat; shelter
2. 
a protected inlet, or branch of a sea, lake, etc., where ships can anchor, esp. one with port facilities
verb transitive
3. 
to serve as, or provide, a place of protection to; shelter or house; conceal or hide
4. 
to be the dwelling place or habitat of
5. 
to hold in the mind; cling to
to harbor a grudge
verb intransitive
6. 
to take shelter, as in a harbor
7. 
to live or exist

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Harbor

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n.
1. A sheltered part of a body of water deep enough to provide anchorage for ships.
2. A place of shelter; a refuge.
tr.v. har·bored, har·bor·ing, har·bors
1. To give shelter to: harbor refugees; harbor a fugitive.
2. To provide a place, home, or habitat for: a basement that harbors a maze of pipes; streams that harbor trout and bass.
3. To entertain or nourish (a specified thought or feeling): harbor a grudge.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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