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harbor en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhɑɹbɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈhɑːbə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English herberwe, herber, from Old English herebeorg (“shelter, lodgings, quarters”), from Proto-West Germanic *harjabergu (“army shelter, refuge”), from *harjaz (“army”) + *bergō (“protection”), equivalent to Old English here (“army, host”) + beorg (“defense, protection, refuge”). The final syllable was subsequently altered by analogy with the Anglo‐Norman and Old French suffix -or (as seen in loanwords like honour and labour). Doublet of albergo and auberge. See also borrow, bury, harbinger, harry and here.

Meanings

  1. (US, countable) Any place of shelter.
    • The neighborhood is a well-known harbor for petty thieves.
  2. (US, countable) A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may anchor or dock, especially for loading and unloading.
    • [T]here aboutes dwelt greate multitudes of people half wilde, hiding thẽſelues in caues of the grounde, of ſmall ſtature, and very fearefull, for as ſoone as they ſawe them they fled into their holes, and that there was a great riuer and very good harborough. 1582, Nicolas [i.e., Nicolo] Zeno; Antonio Zeno, “The Discouerie of the Isles of Frisland, Iseland, Engroueland, Estotiland, Drogeo and Icaria, Made by M. Nicolas Zeno, Knight, and M. Antonio His Brother”, in R[ichard] H[akluyt], compiler, Divers Voyages Touching the Discouerie of America, and the Ilands adiacent vnto the Same, […], London: […] [Thomas Dawson] for Thomas Woodcocke, […], →OCLC, signatures D4, recto – D4, verso:
    • A harbor, even if it is a little harbor, is a good thing, since adventurers come into it as well as go out, and the life in it grows strong, because it takes something from the world and has something to give in return. 1881 October, Sarah Orne Jewett, “River Driftwood”, in The Atlantic Monthly, volume 48, number 288, page 510, column 2:
  3. (US, countable) A mixing box for materials.
  4. (US, countable, obsolete) A house of the zodiac, or the mansion of a heavenly body.
  5. (US, obsolete, uncountable) Shelter, refuge.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
harborow alternative, obsolete lexicographic
harbour Commonwealth, alternative lexicographic
harbors Number=Plur lexicographic
harborough alternative, obsolete lexicographic
herborough alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Deriveds

harborside · harbourage · harborwards · Winter Harbor · Amity Harbor · Two Harbors · harbor seal · harbor master · Tenants Harbor · Baldwin Harbor · Southwest Harbor · Harbor Link · Charlotte Harbor · safe harbor · Seal Harbor · harbor of refuge · snug harbor · Egg Harbor · New York Harbor · Palm Harbor · harbourmaster · harbor gasket · harborscape · Center Harbor · Safety Harbor · harborful · outharbor · Northeast Harbor · Boothbay Harbor · Green Harbor · harborfront · harbormaster · harborage · Laurence Harbor · harbormistress · York Harbor · Oak Harbor · Bucks Harbor · Gig Harbor · harborward · Egg Harbor City · New Harbor · Bar Harbor · Townsend Harbor · Mare Harbor · Bass Harbor · harbor town · harborless · Cold Spring Harbor · Sullivan Harbor · Friday Harbor · Grays Harbor

Descendants

harbor · aba · harbwr

Translations (181)

pt porto (for ships) · sco harbory (for ships) · it porto (for ships) · mk пристаниште (for ships) · fur puart (for ships) · gl porto (for ships) · ug پورت (for ships) · la portus (place of shelter) · alt порт (for ships) · ms pelabuhan (for ships) · hi बंदरगाह (for ships) · ota مرسی (for ships) · nl rede (place of shelter) · id pelabuhan (for ships) · uk га́вань (for ships) · gl abeiro (place of shelter) · is höfn (for ships) · ru порт (for ships) · cs přístav (for ships) · ga calafort (for ships) · sc portu (for ships) · bn বন্দর (for ships) · ur بَنْدَرْگاہ (for ships) · nb havn (for ships) · sh lúka (for ships) · ru кров (place of shelter) · uz port (for ships) · ca port (for ships) · el λιμάνι (for ships) · gl achego (place of shelter) · da havn (for ships) · oc pòrt (for ships) · mi whanga (for ships) · enm havene (place of shelter) · hu menedék (place of shelter) · pt cais (for ships) · hu menedékhely (place of shelter) · ky порт (for ships) · ru га́вань (for ships) · mt port (for ships) · sq port (for ships) · ru приста́нище (place of shelter) · mh aba (for ships) · io portuo (for ships) · tt лиман (for ships) · yi האַוון (for ships) · sco hairbour (for ships) · sl pristan (for ships) · fi turvapaikka (place of shelter) · uz bandargoh (for ships) · sh скро̏вӣште (place of shelter) · sw bandari (for ships) · ro adăpost (place of shelter) · tg бандаргоҳ (for ships) · sq liman (for ships) · fi satama (for ships) · sh лу́ка (for ships) · sh прѝстанӣште (for ships) · ka ნავსადგური (for ships) · cmn 港口 (for ships) · bg подсло́н (place of shelter) · gl refuxoiro (place of shelter) · vec porto (for ships) · mn ᠪᠣᠭᠤᠮᠲᠠ (for ships) · az liman (for ships) · cy harbwr (for ships) · ro refugiu (place of shelter) · cmn 海港 (for ships) · acw مينا (for ships) · eo haveno (for ships) · ur پورْٹ (for ships) · be га́вань (for ships) · ast puertu (for ships) · kl umiarsuarlivik (for ships) · gd cala (for ships) · sco harbery (for ships) · cho peni ataya (for ships) · uk порт (for ships) · ca refugi (place of shelter) · yi האַוון (place of shelter) · ta துறைமுகம் (for ships) · ml തുറമുഖം (for ships) · he נָמֵל (for ships) · kk кемежай (for ships) · es puerto (for ships) · zza hebur (for ships) · fr quai (for ships) · ar مِينَاء (for ships) · gd acarsaid (for ships) · sh skrȍvīšte (place of shelter) · bg приста́нище (for ships) · fr port (for ships) · tk port (for ships) · ar مَرْسَى (for ships) · az port (for ships) · nl haven (for ships) · lo ທ່າເຮືອ (for ships) · fa-ira بَنْدَر (for ships) · ro port (for ships) · uz gavan (for ships) · fo havn (for ships) · vi hải cảng (for ships) · lt uostas (for ships) · yi פּאָרט (for ships) · es puerto (place of shelter) · nl ree (place of shelter) · ovd ammen (for ships) · af hawe (for ships) · ko 항구 (for ships) · la portus (for ships) · sl pristanišče (for ships) · uz liman (for ships) · pt albergue (place of shelter) · izh portta (for ships) · be порт (for ships) · ar مَرْفَأ (for ships) · sh prìstanīšte (for ships) · nrf caûchie (for ships) · ja(for ships) · kk гавань (for ships) · ky гавань (for ships) · rm port (for ships) · sk prístav (for ships) · es refugio (place of shelter) · nrf port (for ships) · tr liman (for ships) · ota لیمان (for ships) · bg убе́жище (place of shelter) · enm havene (for ships) · de Hafen (for ships) · fo høvn (for ships) · pl port (for ships) · haw hono (for ships) · izh salmi (for ships) · alt гавань (for ships) · scn portu (for ships) · th ท่าเรือ (for ships) · az havan (for ships) · io portuo (place of shelter) · fr rade (place of shelter) · ka პორტი (for ships) · ca port (place of shelter) · km កំពង់ផែ (for ships) · tg порт (for ships) · hu kikötő (for ships) · ja ハーバー (for ships) · so marso (for ships) · fi turvasatama (place of shelter) · bo གྲུ་ཁ་ (for ships) · lv osta (for ships) · pl przystań (place of shelter) · hi पोर्ट (for ships) · ajp مينا (for ships) · gl abra (for ships) · nrf hâvre (place of shelter) · gd port (for ships) · mn боомт (for ships) · co portu (for ships) · et sadam (for ships) · my ဆိပ်ကမ်း (for ships) · nrf hâvre (for ships) · mi wahapū (for ships) · yi פּאָרט (place of shelter) · ru убе́жище (place of shelter) · lld port (for ships) · sc poltu (for ships) · zza hebur (place of shelter) · sv hamn (for ships) · pl przystań (for ships) · fa-ira بَنْدَرْگاه (for ships) · fr refuge (place of shelter) · cmn(for ships) · tg лангаргоҳ (for ships) · bg при́стан (for ships) · hy նավահանգիստ (for ships) · da rede (place of shelter) · fa-ira لَنْگَرْگاه (for ships) · fr havre (place of shelter) · grc λιμήν (for ships) · kk порт (for ships) · vi cảng (for ships)

harbor en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhɑɹbɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈhɑːbə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English herberwen, herbere (later harboure), from Old English herebeorgian (“to take up one's quarters, lodge”), from the noun (see above).

Meanings

  1. (US, transitive) To provide a harbor or safe place for.
    • The docks, which once harbored tall ships, now harbor only petty thieves.
    • Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents. 2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:
  2. (US, intransitive) To take refuge or shelter in a protected expanse of water.
    • The fleet harbored in the south.
  3. (US, transitive) To drive (a hunted stag) to covert.
    • This is the time that the horseman are flung out, not having the cry to lead them to the death. When quadruped animals of the venery or hunting kind are at rest, the stag is said to be harboured, the buck lodged, the fox kennelled, the badger earthed, the otter vented or watched, the hare formed, and the rabbit set. 1819, John Mayer, The Sportsman's Directory, or Park and Gamekeeper's Companion:
  4. (US, transitive) To hold or persistently entertain in one's thoughts or mind.
    • No one is saying that we should forget important parts of our own life stories. But that's not the same thing as harboring a grudge, is it? 2019, Sophie Hannah, How to Hold a Grudge: From Resentment to Contentment—The Power of Grudges to Transform Your Life, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 43:
    • Once I returned to the U.S., rather than harboring a grudge toward my captors, I would insist on being reassigned to Montesangre, reopening the embassy, and reestablishing diplomatic relations with the new regime. 2013, Sandra Brown, Where There's Smoke, Hachette UK, →ISBN, page 268:
    • She harbors a conviction that her husband has a secret, criminal past.
    • He said, “I am full of anger and bitterness at those people, but I will go to an AA meeting today and try to divest myself of these resentments, because if I hang on to resentments, I will drink again.” It occurred to me that this man was fortunate in being aware that harboring resentments is destructive. 2007, Abraham J. Twerski, Happiness and the Human Spirit: The Spirituality of Becoming the Best You Can be, Jewish Lights Publishing, →ISBN, page 133:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
harborow alternative, obsolete lexicographic
harbors Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
herborough alternative, obsolete lexicographic
harboring Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
harbour Commonwealth, alternative lexicographic
harborough alternative, obsolete lexicographic
harbored Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
harbored Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

harborer · unharbor

Relateds

haven · dock

Translations (39)

es cobijar (to provide safe place) · io lojigar (to provide safe place) · nn bera (to hold in one's thoughts) · ca refugiar (to provide safe place) · hu forral (to hold in one's thoughts) · de hegen (to hold in one's thoughts) · pt abrigar (to provide safe place) · ro adăposti (to provide safe place) · da gemme (to provide safe place) · nl onderbrengen (to provide safe place) · hu dédelget (to hold in one's thoughts) · el φυγαδεύω (to provide safe place) · fi hautoa mielessään (to hold in one's thoughts) · cmn 懷有 /怀有 (to hold in one's thoughts) · he העניק מחסה (to provide safe place) · fr nourrir (to hold in one's thoughts) · fi antaa suojapaikka (to provide safe place) · sv hysa (to hold in one's thoughts) · fr accoster (to provide safe place) · da skjule (to provide safe place) · da huse (to provide safe place) · es albergar (to provide safe place) · io gastigar (to provide safe place) · da rumme (to hold in one's thoughts) · el φιλοξενώ (to provide safe place) · fr abriter (to provide safe place) · hu befogad (to provide safe place) · fi tarjota suojapaikka (to provide safe place) · hu rejteget (to provide safe place) · it rifugiare (to provide safe place) · hu táplál (to hold in one's thoughts) · nn hysa (to hold in one's thoughts) · hu bújtat (to provide safe place) · fr protéger (to provide safe place) · fi suojella (to provide safe place) · hu menedéket ad (to provide safe place) · lt nešioti (to hold in one's thoughts) · enm herberwen (to provide safe place) · el περιθάλπω (to provide safe place)