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harbor
has definitions from the fields of nautical,geography,housing
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[ noun ] (nautical,geography) a place where ships can take on or discharge cargo
Used in print (Richard I. McCosh, "Recreation Site Selection"...)A site which overlooks a harbor or river may offer interest in the activities of boating traffic . (Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)The most effective political inventions seem to make maximum use of natural harbors and are aware that restraining breakwaters can play only a minor part in the whole scheme . (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)It commanded a view over Manhattan and the harbor . (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)He turned from the flying trees to look ahead and saw with an inward boy 's eye again the great fieldstone house which , built on one of the many acres of ancestral land bordering the west harbor , had been Izaak 's bride-gift to his cousin wife as the last century ended . |
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[ verb ] maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
Examples "bear a grudge" "entertain interesting notions" "harbor a resentment" Used in print (Doris Miles Disney, Mrs. Meeker's Money....)Youngish man on_the_make , Madden labeled him , and was ready to guess that in a correct , not too pushing fashion , the junior partner of the firm had political ambitions ; that Mrs._Garth would be impeccably suitable as the wife of a rising young lawyer ; that there were three children , two boys and a girl ; that she was active in the Woman 's Club and he in Lions , Rotary , and Jaycee ; and finally , that neither of them had harbored an unorthodox opinion since their wedding_day . Related terms |
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[ verb ] secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals)
Synonyms Used in print (Newark Evening News...)Cambodia 's chief_of_state , who has been accused of harboring Communist marauders and otherwise making life miserable for neighboring South Viet_Nam and Thailand , insists he would be very unhappy if communism established its power in Southeast_Asia . |
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[ verb ] hold back a thought or feeling about
Examples "She is harboring a grudge against him" Used in print (Mary Savage, Just for Tonight....)There was only one place where the mountain might receive her - that unnamed , unnameable pool harbored in its secret bosom . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 18193
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