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Meaning harbor meaning

What does harbor mean?
Definitions in simple English

harbor Noun

— A harbor is some water in a curve of land where it's safe for boats because there are no big waves. A ship in the harbor is safe -- but that is not what ships are for.

harbor Verb

— To provide a harbor or safe place for something or someone. The old docks once harbored all kinds of ships, but they have been closed for years now. — To take refuge or shelter somewhere. The ships harbor in the bay during the winter months. — To hold onto an idea. Sam has harbored resentment against Joe since Joe got the job they both applied for.

harbor

— noun (= seaport) a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo — verb (= harbour, entertain) maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings) bear a grudge entertain interesting notions harbor a resentment — verb (= harbour) hold back a thought or feeling about She is harboring a grudge against him — verb keep in one's possession; of animals — verb secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals) — noun a place of refuge and comfort and security

Synonyms harbor synonyms

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harbor English » English

harbour port haven shelter seaport bay dock shield hold entertain anchorage wharf screen refuge protect nurse cherish asylum wear watch over treat think tend take place snuggery sea port safehold safeguard safe harbor retain repute regard as preserve poorhouse plaster oasis nook mull make maintain love look on like landing place lagoon keep inlet incubate house hold water

Topics harbor topics

What do people use harbor to talk about?
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Respond to someone in trouble

Save from trouble
Universe, creation Water Bodies of water

Island, shore
Physical actions Move Travel

Travel by water
Language and thought Think Opinion

Doubt

Conjugation harbor conjugation

How do you conjugate harbor?

harbor · verb

Examples harbor examples

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Simple sentences

We saw many ships in the harbor.
The police found Tom's body floating in the harbor.
Many yachts are in the harbor.
The island has a fine harbor.
The ship is now in the harbor.
The ship is at anchor in the harbor.
The harbor is closed to navigation.
The harbor was crowded with vessels of every description.
Our ship was approaching the harbor.
The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness, and a democracy was saved. Yes, we can.
The Japanese destroyed Pearl Harbor.
The ship arrived at the harbor with humongous metal boxes.
The container ship kept station outside the harbor until the pilot boat arrived.
You will see a forest of masts in the harbor.
We can see the whole harbor from the building.
The boat made for the harbor.
There are many ships in the harbor.
The boat was piloted safely into harbor.

Movie subtitles

With enough ammunition to blow up the harbor.
Going to get a couple of megaphones and run sightseeing trips around the harbor?
We're still in the harbor.
There is no group of island like such. in the path to New York Harbor.
He's at the harbor, waiting to board ship.
It's near a good harbor, five, six miles only.
There must be no harbor of hatred in their defeat.
You did Naval Air Station, Pearl Harbor.
Lucky, Pearl Harbor.
Only the harbor watch was aboard!
Only the harbor watch was aboard when the fire started.
Bottle him up in Tortuga Harbor.
Can you make out the harbor yet?
We'll sail in until we sight them, make a larboard tack. and rake them with broadsides as we cross the harbor.
The ship Amaranta. awaits you at the harbor of Helsingborg.
What rebels do you harbor?
Did you know the law. that any person who does knowingly receive, harbor, comfort. or succor a rebel is as guilty as if he himself bore arms?
Outside the harbor, we'll scatter.
I see flashes of gunfire from ships in the harbor!
There's a battle in Port Royal harbor.
Remember, your work is finished when we drop anchor in Portsmouth Harbor.
Only the harbor watch was aboard.
We're getting into the harbor.
There's only one first sailing into Rio harbor.
Your father's yacht is lying in a harbor just dying to go somewhere.
Well, I don't think we should harbor any grudges or have any ill feelings.
When you leave, my body will be floating in the harbor.
Arrangements have been made to control any interference from harbor traffic on the Staten Island side.
Steve Early, the President's secretary, has just released further information concerning the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and Manila.
From my ship in the harbor I look to the Zeelandstraat where my house is, and I see Stukas diving.
All the ships are clearing the harbor very handily, Admiral.
And when a white dove has lost its way and comes on board, the sailors know they will soon be in the harbor.
It's from the harbor hospital.
Buy yourselves a barge and do harbor tours!
On this occasion I could show you the harbor - what do you think?

News and current affairs

Talk is growing of a change in US defense doctrine to allow for pre-emptive strikes on states that harbor weapons of mass destruction.
When it does - Pearl Harbor, September 2001 - all hell breaks loose.
Japan's neighbors, who continue to harbor concerns stemming from World War II and Japan's failure to deal adequately with its history, will worry about Japanese nationalism.
Weaker countries sometimes attack when they feel backed into a corner, such as Japan did at Pearl Harbor or China did when it entered the Korean War in 1950.
Fatwas online harbor animosity not only towards the West, but also toward other Muslims.
Today, some states harbor terrorists in order to attack their enemies or because they are too weak to control powerful groups.
But they should not harbor any illusions, either: there can be no such thing as a happy Grexit.
But Koizumi is behaving in accordance with a deep-rooted tradition in Japan, one that long precedes the attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor in December 1941.
Indeed, from this point began the fatal rivalry between Japan and the US that culminated in Pearl Harbor.
The Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi, which led the attack on Pearl Harbor, flew the battle flag flown by the Mikasa, Admiral Togo's ship when he attacked the Russian fleet at Port Arthur.
Imagine, say, the Japanese warplanes zeroing in on Pearl Harbor on December 7 th, 1941.
But, even as they propose new measures to court foreign investors, many members of Congress in both parties harbor deep concerns about FDI from China, on both national-security and economic grounds.
On September 11, 2001, a non-state network killed more Americans in a surprise attack than the government of Japan did at Pearl Harbor in 1941.
Those who are not will naturally harbor resentment toward those who are.
So long as EU leaders cannot answer that question, financial markets will continue to harbor doubts about the euro's long-term stability.
Because the thousand-year-old city of Mombasa historically had a superb natural harbor, it was fought over many times--by Arabs, the Portuguese, Zanzibaris, the Mazrui, the British, and others.
Second, it indicates that the source of the radiation is the reactor itself, rather than spent fuel rods (which harbor much longer-lived and more dangerous radioisotopes).
It may be that many cancer patients harbor disseminated tumor cells, and not all of these cells are destined to re-awaken.
After 70 days in harbor, the Struma was forced to return to the Black Sea - where it was sunk by a torpedo whose origin remains a mystery.
One draws an analogy with Pearl Harbor, Japan's attack on the US in 1941.
Paradoxically, we have found that working-class women (and women of color) rarely harbor such economically problematic structures of denial.
COLD SPRING HARBOR - Since the human genome was first sequenced in 2000, genome science has accelerated at a remarkable rate.
By the end of this year, it will likely harbor close to two million refugees, driven from their homes by violent conflict in neighboring Syria and elsewhere.
In 2001, a non-state group killed more Americans than the government of Japan killed at Pearl Harbor.
These tiny organisms harbor codes for metabolic processes that have been preserved across eons - the same processes responsible for shaping the world.
Serendipity is providing us with access to an abyssal realm that could conceivably harbor life.
Even finding nothing in such places is important, because these new data have predictive power, narrowing the field of planets, or moons, that might harbor life.

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