Harbour - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a place of refuge and comfort and security (syn: harbor)
verb
- keep in one's possession; of animals (syn: harbor)
- hold back a thought or feeling about (syn: harbor, shield)
- maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings) (syn: entertain, harbor, hold, nurse)
Extra examples
These marshes harbour many birds.
He harbours political ambitions.
I think he's harbouring some sort of grudge against me.
She began to harbour doubts over the wisdom of their journey.
Sinks and draining boards can harbour germs.
In this harbour a vessel can coal.
Our ship came about to the harbour.
At the turn of the tide the boats began to drop down the harbour.
The captain got his ship into the harbour safely in spite of rough sea.
We ghosted into the harbour in the gloom of an autumn evening.
The ship hove out of the harbour.
My boat has been lying up in the harbour all winter.
With great skill, he piloted the boat (in)to the little harbour.
The harbour is described with pointed correctness.
The storm became so fierce that we had to put back into the harbour.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: harbour
he/she/it: harbours
present participle: harbouring
past tense: harboured
past participle: harboured
singular: harbour
plural: harbours
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