harbor

== English == === Alternative forms === harbour (Commonwealth) harborough, herborough, harborow (all obsolete) === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɑːbə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɑɹbɚ/ (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈhɑɹbəɹ/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)bə(ɹ) === Etymology 1 === 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”). Doublet of albergo and auberge. See also borrow, bury, harbinger, harry and here. ==== Noun ==== harbor (countable and uncountable, plural harbors) (American spelling) (countable) Any place of shelter. (countable, nautical) A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may anchor or dock, especially for loading and unloading. (countable, glassworking) A mixing box for materials. (obsolete, countable) A house of the zodiac, or the mansion of a heavenly body. (obsolete, uncountable) Shelter, refuge. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Cebuano: harbor → Marshallese: aba → Welsh: harbwr ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English herberwen, herbere, from Old English herebeorgian (“to take up one's quarters, lodge”), from the noun (see above). ==== Verb ==== harbor (third-person singular simple present harbors, present participle harboring, simple past and past participle harbored) (American spelling) (transitive) To provide a harbor or safe place for. (intransitive) To take refuge or shelter in a protected expanse of water. (transitive) To drive (a hunted stag) to covert. (transitive) To hold or persistently entertain in one's thoughts or mind. ===== Derived terms ===== harborer unharbor ===== Translations ===== === See also === haven dock === References === “harbor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “harbor”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. “harbor”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996. == Cebuano == === Etymology === From English harbor, from Middle English herberwen, herberȝen, from Middle English herebeorgian (“to take up one's quarters, lodge”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: har‧bor === Verb === harbor (slang) to appropriate another person's property === Noun === harbor (slang) appropriation; an act or instance of appropriating === Derived terms === harbat