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# harbour

noun (harbour, harbours; US spelling harbor); verb (harbour, harbours, harboured, harbouring)

«harbour» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A harbour is a place by the sea where boats and ships stay safe from waves and storms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harbour/#m1)
2. To harbour someone is to hide or keep them, often someone hiding from others. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harbour/#m2)
3. To harbour a feeling is to keep it for a long time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harbour/#m3)

### In the lessons

In maths: a place where boats are counted, arrive or leave; boats arriving add, boats leaving take away. In geography: harbours are on coasts, often in a bay; Sydney Harbour. In stories: ships sail out of the harbour, pirates hide in a harbour. Phrases: in the harbour, leave the harbour, sail into the harbour, harbour wall.

### Examples

- There are 25 boats in the harbour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harbour/#x1)
- 7 boats left the harbour in the morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harbour/#x2)
- 4 ships came into the harbour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harbour/#x3)
- How many boats are in the harbour now? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harbour/#x4)
- The fishing boats returned to the harbour before the storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harbour/#x5)
- We walked along the harbour wall and watched the seals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harbour/#x6)
- Sydney Harbour has a famous bridge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harbour/#x7)
- The ship stayed in the harbour until the wind calmed down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harbour/#x8)
- The next day the Swallow flew down to the harbour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harbour/#x9)

### Note

UK, Irish, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand spelling «harbour»; US spelling «harbor». A place: boats arriving add, boats leaving take away. No clue by itself. Safety: do not play on harbour walls or jump into the water there.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «harbour» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harbour/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«harbour» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/harbour.html) on Mova free.