[ US /ˈhɑɹbɝ/ ]
[ UK /hˈɑːbɐ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
  2. a place of refuge and comfort and security
VERB
  1. secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals)
  2. keep in one's possession; of animals
  3. hold back a thought or feeling about
    She is harboring a grudge against him
  4. maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
    entertain interesting notions
    harbor a resentment
    bear a grudge
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How To Use harbor In A Sentence

  • He hoped the roots would harbor the fungi and spread them throughout the compost, but the fungi didn't spread well enough.
  • The seas roiled , tossing the ships in the harbor about like toys in a rain barrel.
  • He had taken a hard line about any country that harbored terrorists, and by his definition Saddam was a terrorist. Plan of Attack
  • They had divers arsenals, or piratic harbors, as likewise watch towers and beacons, all along the sea-coast; and fleets were here received that were well manned with the finest mariners, and well served with the expertest pilots, and composed of swift sailing and light-built vessels adapted for their special purpose. The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans
  • Harbor seals have muscles rich in myoglobin, an oxygen carrying molecule.
  • Donnelly's PNAC report -- a blueprint followed faithfully by the Bush Administration -- openly yearned for a "new Pearl Harbor" that would "catalyze" the American people into adopting PNAC's global militarist agenda wholesale. Undefined
  • These populations offer a unique opportunity to monitor evolutionary dynamics in ancestral populations that harbor multiple strains of Wolbachia.
  • He bows down to other countries, and continually apologizes to other countries for America's "misdeed" such as our response to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
  • In April 1899, a coaling station was built in Pago Pago harbor by the U. S. Navy, and in February 1900, a deed of cession was negotiated with Tutuila chiefs by Naval Commander B.F. Tilley.
  • He claims I'm harboring a business associate and demands that I ‘cough up the stoolie.’
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