harbour

Speech parts

1. harbour - Noun

2. harbour - Verb

3. Harbour - Proper noun

Meaning

maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)

a place of refuge and comfort and security

a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo

hold back a thought or feeling about

keep in one's possession; of animals

secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

harbor seaport haven hold nurse entertain anchorage guard keep port foster cover maintain protect shield
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Antonyms

attack risk exchange bar ban reject
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Hypernyms

experience keep port feel hide refuge

Hyponyms

port of call coaling station

Phrases with the word

harbour a grudge harbour patrol harbour suspicions about harbour no grudge against harbour reservations about harbour for yachts

Anagrams

bourrah

Examples

Economic life should be definancialised. We should learn not to use markets as storehouses of value: they do not harbour the certainties that normal citizens require. Citizens should experience anxiety about their own businesses (which they control), not their investments. Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Our ex-wifes always harbour secrets about us that make them irresistable. Until, of course, we remember who we are and what we did and why we are not married anymore. Richard Ford

It seems to me a painting [she is working on] like the one I gave Manet ['The Harbour at Lorient'] could perhaps sell, and that is all I care about. Berthe Morisot

There's many a ship lost within sight of harbour. Irish Proverb

A little body doth often harbour a great soul. Arabic Proverb

He who waits gets a tailwind, and he who rows, a harbour. Faroese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

harborward harborwards Harbottle harbour a grudge Harbour Breton harbour for yachts