Synonyms of the word harbour


HARBOURASYLUM - CONCEAL - ENTERTAIN - EXPERIENCE - FEEL - HARBOR - HAVEN - HIDE - HOLD - KEEP - NURSE - PORT - REFUGE - SANCTUARY - SEAPORT - SHELTER - SHIELD

harbour

  • n. Commonwealth of Nations standard spelling of harbor.
  • v. Commonwealth of Nations standard spelling of harbor.

asylum

  • n. A place of safety.
  • n. The protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place.
  • n. A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally…

conceal

  • v. (transitive) To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.

entertain

  • v. (transitive) To amuse (someone); to engage the attention of agreeably.
  • v. (transitive and intransitive) To have someone over at one's home for a party or visit.
  • v. (transitive) To receive and take into consideration; to have a thought in mind.
  • v. (obsolete) To take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbour; to keep.
  • v. (obsolete) To meet or encounter, as an enemy.
  • v. (obsolete) To lead on; to bring along; to introduce.
  • n. (obsolete) Entertainment; pleasure.
  • n. (obsolete) Reception of a guest; welcome.

experience

  • n. (countable, uncountable) Event(s) of which one is cognizant.
  • n. (countable) An activity which one has performed.
  • n. (countable) A collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge,…
  • n. (uncountable) The knowledge thus gathered.
  • v. (transitive) To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions…

feel

  • v. (heading) To use the sense of touch.
  • v. (heading) To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.
  • v. (transitive) To be or become aware of.
  • v. (transitive) To experience the consequences of.
  • v. (copulative) To seem (through touch or otherwise).
  • v. (transitive, US, slang) To understand.
  • n. A quality of an object experienced by touch.
  • n. A vague mental impression.
  • n. An act of fondling.
  • n. A vague understanding.
  • n. An intuitive ability.
  • n. (chiefly US, slang) Alternative form of feeling.
  • pron. (dialectal or obsolete) Alternative form of fele.
  • adj. (dialectal or obsolete) Alternative form of fele.
  • adv. (dialectal or obsolete) Alternative form of fele.

harbor

  • n. (obsolete, uncountable) Shelter, refuge.
  • n. Any place of shelter.
  • n. (obsolete) A house of the zodiac, or the mansion of a heavenly body.
  • n. A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may dock or anchor, especially for loading…
  • n. A mixing box for materials in glass-working.
  • v. (transitive) To provide a harbor or safe place for.
  • v. (intransitive) To take refuge or shelter in a protected expanse of water.
  • v. (transitive) To hold or persistently entertain in one's thoughts or mind.

haven

  • n. A harbour or anchorage protected from the sea.
  • n. (by extension) A place of safety; a refuge or sanctuary.
  • n. (by extension) A peaceful place.
  • v. To put into, or provide with a haven.

hide

  • v. (transitive) To put (something) in a place where it will be harder to discover or out of sight.
  • v. (intransitive) To put oneself in a place where one will be harder to find or out of sight.
  • n. (countable) The skin of an animal.
  • n. (obsolete or derogatory) The human skin.
  • n. (uncountable, informal, usually US) One's own life or personal safety, especially when in peril.
  • n. (countable) (mainly British) A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals…
  • v. To beat with a whip made from hide.
  • n. (historical) An English unit of land and tax assessment intended to support one household and notionally…

hold

  • adj. (obsolete) Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.
  • v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
  • v. (transitive) To contain or store.
  • v. (heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
  • v. (heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
  • v. (tennis, transitive, intransitive) To win one's own service game.
  • v. To take place, to occur.
  • v. To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
  • v. (archaic) To derive right or title.
  • n. A grasp or grip.
  • n. A place where animals are held for safety.
  • n. An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
  • n. Something reserved or kept.
  • n. Power over someone or something.
  • n. The ability to persist.
  • n. The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
  • n. (wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
  • n. (exercise (sport)) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time.
  • n. (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
  • n. (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
  • n. (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
  • n. The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
  • n. A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
  • n. (video games, dated) A pause facility.
  • n. The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when…
  • n. (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft, (often cargo hold).

keep

  • v. To continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
  • v. (heading, transitive) To hold the status of something.
  • v. (heading, intransitive) To hold or be held in a state.
  • v. (obsolete) To wait for, keep watch for.
  • v. (intransitive, cricket) To act as wicket-keeper.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be in session; to take place.
  • v. (transitive) To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate.
  • v. (transitive, dated) To confine oneself to; not to quit; to remain in.
  • v. (transitive, dated, by extension) To visit (a place) often; to frequent.
  • n. (obsolete) Care, notice.
  • n. (historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls. (According to, the…
  • n. The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
  • n. The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge.
  • n. The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.
  • n. (obsolete) That which is kept in charge; a charge.
  • n. (engineering) A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.

nurse

  • n. (archaic) A wet-nurse.
  • n. A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s young.
  • n. A person trained to provide care for the sick.
  • n. One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like.
  • n. (nautical) A lieutenant or first officer who takes command when the captain is unfit for his place.
  • n. A larva of certain trematodes, which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction.
  • n. A nurse shark.
  • v. to breastfeed.
  • v. to care for the sick.
  • v. to treat kindly and with extra care.
  • v. to drink slowly.
  • v. to foster, to nourish.
  • v. to hold closely to one's chest.
  • v. to strike (billiard balls) gently, so as to keep them in good position during a series of shots.

port

  • n. A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
  • n. A town or city containing such a place, a port city.
  • n. (nautical, uncountable) The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front…
  • adj. (nautical) Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel.
  • v. (nautical, transitive, chiefly imperative) To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; said…
  • n. (now Scotland, historical) An entryway or gate.
  • n. An opening or doorway in the side of a ship, especially for boarding or loading; an embrasure through…
  • n. (curling, bowls) A space between two stones wide enough for a delivered stone or bowl to pass through.
  • n. An opening where a connection (such as a pipe) is made.
  • n. (computing) A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred. <b class="Latn"…
  • n. (computing) A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.
  • v. (obsolete) To carry, bear, or transport. See porter.
  • v. (military) To hold or carry (a weapon) with both hands so that it lays diagonally across the front of…
  • v. (computing, video games) To adapt, modify, or create a new version of, a program so that it works on a…
  • v. (telephony) To carry or transfer an existing telephone number from one telephone service provider to another.
  • v. (governmental jargon, United States) To transfer a voucher or subsidy from one jurisdiction to another.
  • n. Something used to carry a thing, especially a frame for wicks in candle-making.
  • n. (archaic) The manner in which a person carries himself; bearing; deportment; carriage. See also portance.
  • n. (military) The position of a weapon when ported; a rifle position executed by throwing the weapon diagonally…
  • n. (computing) A program that has been adapted, modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform…
  • n. (computing, BSD) A set of files used to build and install a binary executable file from the source code…
  • n. A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal.
  • n. (Australia, Queensland, northern New South Wales and elsewhere, colloquial) A suitcase, particularly a…

refuge

  • n. A state of safety, protection or shelter.
  • n. A place providing safety, protection or shelter.
  • n. Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort.
  • n. An expedient to secure protection or defence.
  • n. A refuge island.
  • v. (intransitive) To return to a place of shelter.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To shelter; to protect.

sanctuary

  • n. A place of safety, refuge, or protection.
  • n. An area set aside for protection.
  • n. A state of being protected, asylum.
  • n. The consecrated (or sacred) area of a church or temple around its tabernacle or altar.

seaport

  • n. A town or harbour with facilities for seagoing ships to dock and take on or discharge cargo.

shelter

  • n. A refuge, haven or other cover or protection from something.
  • n. An institution that provides temporary housing for homeless people, battered women etc.
  • v. (transitive) To provide cover from damage or harassment; to shield; to protect.
  • v. (intransitive) To take cover.

shield

  • n. Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
  • n. Something shaped like a shield, usually an inverted triangle with slightly curved lower sides.
  • n. (geology) A large expanse of exposed stable Precambrian rock.
  • n. (figuratively, Scotland, euphemistic, obsolete) A place with a toilet seat: an outhouse; a lavatory.
  • v. To protect, to defend.
  • v. (electricity) to protect from the influence of.

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