harbour vs harbor
Definitions
noun
- a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
- a place of refuge and comfort and security
verb
- secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals)
- keep in one's possession; of animals
- hold back a thought or feeling about
- maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
Examples
Single radiolabelled colonies harbouring plasmids with inserts bigger than 1000 bp were analysed further.
The snowy dome of Fujisan reddening in the sunrise rose above the violet woodlands of Mississippi Bay as we steamed out of Yokohama Harbour on the 19th, and three days later I saw the last of Japan — a rugged coast, lashed by a wintry sea.
The ferries, warships, water taxis, huge container vessels, yachts and fishing tinnies ply with impunity one of the greatest anchorages and working harbours in the world.
Definitions
noun
- a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
- a place of refuge and comfort and security
verb
- secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals)
- keep in one's possession; of animals
- hold back a thought or feeling about
- maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
Examples
He hoped the roots would harbor the fungi and spread them throughout the compost, but the fungi didn't spread well enough.
The four of them tooled out to a big powerboat that was swinging to an anchor at the mouth of the harbor.
The seas roiled , tossing the ships in the harbor about like toys in a rain barrel.
