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Harbour Past Tense
The past tense of Harbour is harboured.
1. harbour
noun. ['ˈhɑːrbɝ'] a place of refuge and comfort and security.
Antonyms
Etymology
- herber (Middle English (1100-1500))
Rhymes with Harbour
- pearl-harbor
- yarber
- sharber
- sarber
- karber
- harbor
- harber
- garber
- farber
- barbre
- barbour
- barber
- arbor
Sentences with harbour
1. Noun, singular or mass
The two-and-a-half hour trip features a guided tour of the harbour and its lobstering history.
2. Verb, base form
Discard clams with broken or cracked shells because they may harbour bacteria.
Quotes about harbour
1. Every painting is a voyage into a sacred harbour.
- Giotto di Bondone
2. For love is a celestial harmonyOf likely hearts compos'd of stars' concent,Which join together in sweet sympathy,To work each other's joy and true content,Which they have harbour'd since their first descentOut of their heavenly bowers, where they did seeAnd know each other here belov'd to be.
- Edmund Spenser, Fowre Hymnes
2. harbour
noun. ['ˈhɑːrbɝ'] a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- herber (Middle English (1100-1500))
3. harbour
verb. ['ˈhɑːrbɝ'] maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings).
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- herber (Middle English (1100-1500))
4. harbour
verb. ['ˈhɑːrbɝ'] secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals).
Synonyms
Etymology
- herber (Middle English (1100-1500))