Definition of Harbour in English :

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Harbour meaning in English

Meaning of Harbour in English

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Harbour

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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. harbor, harbour

secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals)

4. harbor, harbour

keep in one's possession; of animals

5. harbor, harbour, shield

hold back a thought or feeling about

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

6. entertain, harbor, harbour, hold, nurse

maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Harbour

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noun
1. 
a sheltered port
2. 
a place of refuge or safety
verb
3. (transitive)
to give shelter to
to harbour a criminal
4. (transitive)
to maintain secretly
to harbour a grudge
5. 
to shelter (a vessel) in a harbour or (of a vessel) to seek shelter

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Harbour

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noun, verb transitive, verb intransitive
British
harbor

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Harbour

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n. & v.
Chiefly British
Variant of harbor.

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