| Definitions | harbor
noun
- A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may dock or anchor, especially for loading and unloading.
- A , even if it is a little , 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 - q:Sarah Orne Jewett, Sarah Orne Jewett
- Any place of shelter.
- The neighborhood is a well-known for petty thieves.
Translations: - French: port, quai
- German: Hafen
- Italian: porto
- Spanish: puerto
verb
- (transitive) To provide a harbor or safe place for.
- The docks, which once harbored tall ships, now only petty thieves.
- (intransitive) To take refuge or shelter in a protected expanse of water.
- The fleet harbored in the south.
- (transitive) To hold or persistently entertain in one's thoughts or mind.
- She harbors a conviction that her husband has a secret, criminal past.
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