harbour
verb/ˈhɑːbə(r)/
/ˈhɑːrbər/
(US English harbor)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they harbour | /ˈhɑːbə(r)/ /ˈhɑːrbər/ |
| he / she / it harbours | /ˈhɑːbəz/ /ˈhɑːrbərz/ |
| past simple harboured | /ˈhɑːbəd/ /ˈhɑːrbərd/ |
| past participle harboured | /ˈhɑːbəd/ /ˈhɑːrbərd/ |
| -ing form harbouring | /ˈhɑːbərɪŋ/ /ˈhɑːrbərɪŋ/ |
- harbour somebody to hide and protect somebody who is hiding from the police
- Police believe someone must be harbouring the killer.
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- harbour something to keep feelings or thoughts, especially negative ones, in your mind for a long time
- The arsonist may harbour a grudge against the company.
- She began to harbour doubts about the decision.
- to harbour thoughts of revenge
- He still harbours ambitions of playing professional soccer.
- He still harboured doubts about her honesty.
- harbour something to contain something and allow it to develop
- Your dishcloth can harbour many germs.
- These woodlands once harboured a colony of red deer.
- The Fife coast harbours many insects which are rare elsewhere in Britain.
Word Originlate Old English herebeorg ‘shelter, refuge’, herebeorgian ‘occupy shelter’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch herberge and German Herberge, also to French auberge ‘inn’; see also harbinger.
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