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Harbouring

To provide a harbor or safe place for.

📖 Definitions of "Harbouring"

verb
  1. 1

    To provide a harbor or safe place for.

    "The docks, which once harbored tall ships, now harbor only petty thieves."

  2. 2

    To take refuge or shelter in a protected expanse of water.

    "The fleet harbored in the south."

  3. 3

    To drive (a hunted stag) to covert.

  4. 4

    To hold or persistently entertain in one's thoughts or mind.

    "She harbors a conviction that her husband has a secret, criminal past."

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