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UK
/hˈɑːbɐ/
]
[ US /ˈhɑɹbɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈhɑɹbɝ/ ]
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
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hold back a thought or feeling about
She is harboring a grudge against him -
maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
entertain interesting notions
harbor a resentment
bear a grudge
How To Use harbour In A Sentence
- 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. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan
- 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.
- They acted as an anchorage for the stanchions which, standing on the seabed, supported the harbours.
- On April 4th at about 4 o'clock in the evening, the Dupleix anchored in Pondicherry harbour. Aurchlives, Aehton, and April flower
- The harbour is four fathoms deep.
- Yet the Browns harbour no bitterness towards Waugh over the destruction of their business.
- The Minister was asked particularly whether the Tauranga Harbour Bridge could be tolled under this proposal.
- At first I was minded to send a boat after them, but by this time the rafts were a good two miles beyond the harbour, and Mrs. Purchase said, 'No, they can do no good, poor dears; let them have their few hours' pleasure. ' Shining Ferry
- The old ship has been lying up in the harbour for a month.
