Harbour
noun
A place on the coast where ships can be safe from the sea.
The ship was docked in the harbour.
Often appears as...
- safe harbour
- harbour master
verb
To keep or hold (thoughts or feelings) in your mind for a long time.
He harbours a deep resentment for his boss.
Often appears as...
- harbour resentment
- harbour feelings
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Disapproving
verb
To provide a place to stay or live.
The city was suspected of harbouring terrorists.
Often appears as...
- harbour fugitives
- harbour criminals
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Disapproving
noun
An area of water next to the coast, where ships and boats are kept.
The small harbour was filled with fishing boats.
Often appears as...
- fishing harbour
- yacht harbour
noun
A place on the coast where ships can be safe from the sea.
The ship was docked in the harbour.
Often appears as...
- safe harbour
- harbour master
verb
To keep or hold (thoughts or feelings) in your mind for a long time.
He harbours a deep resentment for his boss.
Often appears as...
- harbour resentment
- harbour feelings
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To provide a place to stay or live.
The city was suspected of harbouring terrorists.
Often appears as...
- harbour fugitives
- harbour criminals
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
An area of water next to the coast, where ships and boats are kept.
The small harbour was filled with fishing boats.
Often appears as...
- fishing harbour
- yacht harbour
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Shelter for Ships
A harbour offers protection for ships against the sea, providing a safe place to anchor.
Sailors seek the harbour when a storm approaches.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Natural
Harbours can be natural bays or spaces created by people for watercraft.
They built a breakwater to create a new harbour.
Pro Tip 1/2Shelter for Ships
A harbour offers protection for ships against the sea, providing a safe place to anchor.
Sailors seek the harbour when a storm approaches.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Natural
Harbours can be natural bays or spaces created by people for watercraft.
They built a breakwater to create a new harbour.
Pro Tip 1/2Shelter for Ships
A harbour offers protection for ships against the sea, providing a safe place to anchor.
Sailors seek the harbour when a storm approaches.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Natural
Harbours can be natural bays or spaces created by people for watercraft.
They built a breakwater to create a new harbour.
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How much of human...
When we descend a bit further, we reach the zone where the deepest human structures lie, like ancient harbor walls and quays. We also see more shipwrecks sunk by storms, war, and collisions. We're still excavating many of these wrecks today, like Blackbeard's ship,
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A whale saved my life PIPE...
radioed me and said there was a whale off the harbor. So I came up to the harbor and sure enough, there was a whale and he dove and when he dove, I looked at his funny tail fluke because there were 2 notches in and I thought, that's odd.
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Finding Little Owls in...
And it's but it's completely run down, and it feels like a complete light lost place. But it's amazing to think just how important these places are for wildlife. People probably have no idea that this could harbour so many species.
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New York -- before the...
So, the red areas on this map indicate the places that are best for human sustainability on Manhattan, places that are close to water, places that are near the harbor to fish, places protected from the winter winds.
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A history of intertwining...
first peoples we very often married them and in marrying them we moved up in the world so we live as Canadians on the edge of the wild when you look across this harbour you'll see mountains all
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New Discovery: Blood-Red...
underground caves that could easily Harbor life similar to the sulfur cave worms it's a nice it's just a humungous amount of worms they finds all sorts of exciting things just goes into places
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Water Discovered In...
as we know it. I love this picture and it's about as much meaning as you can get out of the the Cassini mission, because we know that moon has an ocean in it that could harbor life.
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Earth 101 PIPE National...
that survived in Earth's seas, lands and skies. As the only world known to harbor life, Earth's biodiversity is expansive in nature.
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What's below the tip of...
many people think that these slabs of ice are barren of life, but these seemingly sterile ice slabs also harbor their own complex ecosystems and they shape the ecosystems that they pass through. They become mobile, floating ecosystems. Even in the coldest seas, icebergs are always melting,
Video examples
The otherworldly...
harboring a huge diversity of life, from giant squids and goblin sharks to minuscule animals smaller than a millimeter. How do so many species thrive in this underwater world? Over the decades, intrepid scientists have ventured there to find out. Traveling down through the water column,
Video examples
How much of human...
When we descend a bit further, we reach the zone where the deepest human structures lie, like ancient harbor walls and quays. We also see more shipwrecks sunk by storms, war, and collisions. We're still excavating many of these wrecks today, like Blackbeard's ship,
Video examples
A whale saved my life PIPE...
radioed me and said there was a whale off the harbor. So I came up to the harbor and sure enough, there was a whale and he dove and when he dove, I looked at his funny tail fluke because there were 2 notches in and I thought, that's odd.
Video examples
Finding Little Owls in...
And it's but it's completely run down, and it feels like a complete light lost place. But it's amazing to think just how important these places are for wildlife. People probably have no idea that this could harbour so many species.
Video examples
New York -- before the...
So, the red areas on this map indicate the places that are best for human sustainability on Manhattan, places that are close to water, places that are near the harbor to fish, places protected from the winter winds.
Video examples
A history of intertwining...
first peoples we very often married them and in marrying them we moved up in the world so we live as Canadians on the edge of the wild when you look across this harbour you'll see mountains all
Video examples
New Discovery: Blood-Red...
underground caves that could easily Harbor life similar to the sulfur cave worms it's a nice it's just a humungous amount of worms they finds all sorts of exciting things just goes into places
Video examples
Water Discovered In...
as we know it. I love this picture and it's about as much meaning as you can get out of the the Cassini mission, because we know that moon has an ocean in it that could harbor life.
Video examples
Earth 101 PIPE National...
that survived in Earth's seas, lands and skies. As the only world known to harbor life, Earth's biodiversity is expansive in nature.
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Oliver Stark
British Actor
I often play the quote-unquote bad guy, and I don't know why that is but it's just something that I've always hopefully been able to tap into. Maybe I'm harboring some deep, dark secrets that even I don't know about.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
When you say, 'I spent my summers at the Jersey Shore,' people always say, 'Oh, really?' They think of the TV show. So I just say, 'A cute little harbor town in New Jersey.
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Jim DeMint
American Politician
We must now make clear to Lebanon that it will not benefit from U.S. assistance and support as long as it harbors this brutal terrorist and murder.
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John M. Grunsfeld
American Astronaut
I'm absolutely compelled for NASA to send international astronauts to Mars to find out if Mars ever harbored life.
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Whitney Wolfe Herd
American Businesswoman
I just don't harbor resentment toward anything or anywhere or anyone - I'm too busy.
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Jessica Lange
American Actress
All through life I've harbored anger rather than expressed it at the moment.
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Roman Statesman
If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind.
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Michael Capuano
American Politician
When I was growing up, the harbor was a place to dump things.
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Philip Massinger
English Dramatist
Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.
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Manisha Koirala
Nepalese Actress
I don't believe in harbouring ill feelings about anyone.
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Oliver Stark
British Actor
I often play the quote-unquote bad guy, and I don't know why that is but it's just something that I've always hopefully been able to tap into. Maybe I'm harboring some deep, dark secrets that even I don't know about.
Quote examples
Taylor Swift
American Singer
When you say, 'I spent my summers at the Jersey Shore,' people always say, 'Oh, really?' They think of the TV show. So I just say, 'A cute little harbor town in New Jersey.
Quote examples
Jim DeMint
American Politician
We must now make clear to Lebanon that it will not benefit from U.S. assistance and support as long as it harbors this brutal terrorist and murder.
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John M. Grunsfeld
American Astronaut
I'm absolutely compelled for NASA to send international astronauts to Mars to find out if Mars ever harbored life.
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Whitney Wolfe Herd
American Businesswoman
I just don't harbor resentment toward anything or anywhere or anyone - I'm too busy.
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Jessica Lange
American Actress
All through life I've harbored anger rather than expressed it at the moment.
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Roman Statesman
If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind.
Quote examples
Michael Capuano
American Politician
When I was growing up, the harbor was a place to dump things.
Quote examples
Philip Massinger
English Dramatist
Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.
Quote examples
Manisha Koirala
Nepalese Actress
I don't believe in harbouring ill feelings about anyone.
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