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Meaning of harbours

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

harbours

noun

Definitions

  1. Any place of shelter.

    Example: The neighborhood is a well-known harbor for petty thieves.

  2. A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may anchor or dock, especially for loading and unloading.

  3. (glassworking) A mixing box for materials.

  4. A house of the zodiac, or the mansion of a heavenly body.

verb

Definitions

  1. To provide a harbor or safe place for.

    Example: The docks, which once harbored tall ships, now harbor only petty thieves.

  2. To take refuge or shelter in a protected expanse of water.

    Example: The fleet harbored in the south.

  3. To drive (a hunted stag) to covert.

  4. To hold or persistently entertain in one's thoughts or mind.

    Example: She harbors a conviction that her husband has a secret, criminal past.