Harbour : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Harbour	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Harbour
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
harbour n a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo Synonym(s): seaport, haven, harbor, harbour a place of refuge and comfort and security Synonym(s): harbor, harbour v secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals) [syn: harbor, harbour] keep in one's possession; of animals Synonym(s): harbor, harbour hold back a thought or feeling about; "She is harboring a grudge against him" Synonym(s): harbor, harbour, shield maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings); "bear a grudge"; "entertain interesting notions"; "harbor a resentment" Synonym(s): harbor, harbour, hold, entertain, nurse
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harbor \Har"bor\, v. t. [Written also {harbour}.] [imp. & p. p. {Harbored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Harboring}.] [OE. herberen, herberwen, herbergen; cf. Icel. herbergja. See {Harbor}, n.] To afford lodging to; to enter as guest; to receive; to give a refuge to; indulge or cherish (a thought or feeling, esp. an ill thought). Any place that harbors men. --Shak. The bare suspicion made it treason to harbor the person suspected. --Bp. Burnet. Let not your gentle breast harbor one thought of outrage. --Rowe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harbor \Har"bor\, n. [Written also {harbour}.] [OE herbor, herberwe, herberge, Icel. herbergi (cf. OHG. heriberga), orig., a shelter for soldiers; herr army + bjarga to save, help, defend; akin to AS. here army, G. heer, OHG. heri, Goth. harjis, and AS. beorgan to save, shelter, defend, G. bergen. See {Harry}, {2d Bury}, and cf. {Harbinger}.] 1. A station for rest and entertainment; a place of security and comfort; a refuge; a shelter. [A grove] fair harbour that them seems. --Spenser. For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked. --Dryden. 2. Specif.: A lodging place; an inn. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 3. (Astrol.) The mansion of a heavenly body. [Obs.] 4. A portion of a sea, a lake, or other large body of water, either landlocked or artificially protected so as to be a place of safety for vessels in stormy weather; a port or haven.