Word Meanings - HARBOR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The mansion of a heavenly body. 4. A portion of a sea, a lake, or other large body of water, either landlocked or artificially protected so as to be a place of safety for vessels in stormy weather; a port or haven. (more info) herberge,

Additional info about word: HARBOR

The mansion of a heavenly body. 4. A portion of a sea, a lake, or other large body of water, either landlocked or artificially protected so as to be a place of safety for vessels in stormy weather; a port or haven. (more info) herberge, Icel. herbergi , orig., a shelter for soldiers; herr army + bjarga to save, help, defend; akin to AS. here army, G. heer, OHG. heri, Goth. harjis, and AS. beorgan to save, 1. A station for rest and entertainment; a place of security and comfort; a refuge; a shelter. fair harbour that them seems. Spenser. For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked. Dryden. 2. Specif.: A lodging place; an inn. Chaucer.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of HARBOR)

• Bear
• Carry
• lift
• transport
• convey
• maintain
• uphold
• suffer
• undergo
• support
• tolerate
• waft
• yield
• sustain
• hold
• harbor
• entertain
• fill
• enact
• endure
• admit
• produce
• generate
• Entertain
• Harbor
• conceive
• foster
• receive
• recreate
• amuse
• Refuge
• Protection
• shelter
• asylum
• retreat
• covert
• hospitality
• sanctuary
• hiding-place
• Screen Shelter
• protect
• defend
• hide
• palliate
• mitigate
• curtain
• cloak
• fence
• ward
• shade

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of HARBOR)

• Eject
• expel
• discard
• discourage
• stifle
• exclude
• banish
• dismiss
• Expose
• surrender
• betray
• imperil
• endanger
• Drop
• abandon
• discontinue
• oppose
• weaken
• exhaust
• thwart
• discountenance
• disfavor
• subvert
• suppress

Related words: (words related to HARBOR)

• FENCE MONTH
  the month in which female deer are fawning, when hunting is prohibited. Bullokar. -- Fence roof, a covering for defense. "They fitted their shields close to one another in manner of a fence roof." Holland. Fence time, the breeding time of fish or
• MAINTAIN
  by the hand; main hand + F. tenir to hold . See 1. To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace;
• RECEIVER'S CERTIFICATE
  An acknowledgement of indebtedness made by a receiver under order of court to obtain funds for the preservation of the assets held by him, as for operating a railroad. Receivers' certificates are ordinarily a first lien on the assets, prior to that
• DISMISSIVE
  Giving dismission.
• SUSTAIN
  F. soutenir (the French prefix is properly fr. L. subtus below, fr. sub under), L. sustinere; pref. sus- + tenere to hold. See 1. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains
• SUPPORTABLE
  Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable. -- Sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*port"a*bly, adv.
• ADMITTER
  One who admits.
• STIFLED
  Stifling. The close and stifled study. Hawthorne.
• EJECTOR
  A jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air from a space. Ejector condenser , a condenser in which the vacuum is maintained by a jet pump. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses.
• SUPPORTATION
  Maintenance; support. Chaucer. Bacon.
• SCREENINGS
  The refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc.
• ENACTMENT
  1. The passing of a bill into a law; the giving of legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill whereby it is established as a law. 2. That which is enacted or passed into a law; a law; a decree; a statute; a prescribed requirement; as,
• YIELD
  pay, give, restore, make an offering; akin to OFries. jelda, OS. geldan, D. gelden to cost, to be worth, G. gelten, OHG. geltan to pay, restore, make an offering, be worth, Icel. gjalda to pay, give up, Dan. gielde to be worth, Sw. gälla to be
• DISMISSAL
  Dismission; discharge. Officeholders were commanded faithfully to enforce it, upon pain of immediate dismissal. Motley.
• RECEIVE
  To bat back when served. Receiving ship, one on board of which newly recruited sailors are received, and kept till drafted for service. Syn. -- To accept; take; allow; hold; retain; admit. -- Receive, Accept. To receive describes simply the act
• EXPOSER
  One who exposes or discloses.
• ENACTURE
  Enactment; resolution. Shak.
• SHELTERLESS
  Destitute of shelter or protection. Now sad and shelterless perhaps she lies. Rowe.
• SUPPRESSOR
  One who suppresses.
• REFUGE
  1. Shelter or protection from danger or distress. Rocks, dens, and caves! But I in none of these Find place or refuge. Milton. We might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us. Heb. vi. 18. 2.
• DEJECTION
  1. A casting down; depression. Hallywell. 2. The act of humbling or abasing one's self. Adoration implies submission and dejection. Bp. Pearson. 3. Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy. What besides,
• LONG-SUFFERANCE
  Forbearance to punish or resent.
• DEJECTORY
  1. Having power, or tending, to cast down. 2. Promoting evacuations by stool. Ferrand.
• DEFENCE
  See DEFENSE
• MISTRANSPORT
  To carry away or mislead wrongfully, as by passion. Bp. Hall.