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har⋅bor

  [hahr-ber]
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–noun
1. a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
2. such a body of water having docks or port facilities.
3. any place of shelter or refuge: The old inn was a harbor for tired travelers.
–verb (used with object)
4. to give shelter to; offer refuge to: They harbored the refugees who streamed across the borders.
5. to conceal; hide: to harbor fugitives.
6. to keep or hold in the mind; maintain; entertain: to harbor suspicion.
7. to house or contain.
8. to shelter (a vessel), as in a harbor.
–verb (used without object)
9. (of a vessel) to take shelter in a harbor.
Also, especially British, harbour.

Origin:
bef. 1150; ME herber(we), herberge, OE herebeorg lodgings, quarters (here army + (ge)beorg refuge); c. G Herberge

Related forms:
har⋅bor⋅er, noun
har⋅bor⋅less, adjective
har⋅bor⋅ous, adjective

Synonyms:
1. Harbor, haven, port indicate a shelter for ships. A harbor may be natural or artificially constructed or improved: a fine harbor on the eastern coast. A haven is usually a natural harbor that can be utilized by ships as a place of safety; the word is common in literary use: a haven in time of storm; a haven of refuge. A port is a harbor viewed esp. in its commercial relations, though it is frequently applied in the meaning of harbor or haven also: a thriving port; any old port in a storm. 3. asylum, sanctuary, retreat. 4. protect, lodge. 6. See cherish.
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har·bor   (här'bər)   
n.  

  1. A sheltered part of a body of water deep enough to provide anchorage for ships.

  2. A place of shelter; a refuge.

tr.v.   har·bored, har·bor·ing, har·bors

  1. To give shelter to: harbor refugees; harbor a fugitive.

  2. To provide a place, home, or habitat for: a basement that harbors a maze of pipes; streams that harbor trout and bass.

  3. To entertain or nourish (a specified thought or feeling): harbor a grudge.


[Middle English herberwe, probably from Old English herebeorg, lodging; see koro- in Indo-European roots.]
har'bor·er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

harbor 
c.1150, from O.E. herebeorg, from here "army, host" (see harry) + beorg "refuge, shelter" (related to beorgan "save, preserve"); perhaps modeled on O.N. herbergi, from P.Gmc. *kharjaz + *berg-. Sense shifted in M.E. to "refuge, lodgings," then to "place of shelter for ships."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: harbor
Function: transitive verb
1 : to receive secretly and conceal (a fugitive from justice)
2 : to have (an animal) in one's keeping harbor a dog without a permit> —har·bor·er noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: har·bor
Pronunciation: 'här-b&r
Function: transitive verb
: to contain or be the home, habitat, or host of harbor the gene for the illness —William Booth> Cercopithecus aethiops) may have harbored the ancestor of the AIDS virus —R. C. Gallo>harbor rattlesnakes>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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