harbor

noun

• a place on the coast where vessels may find shelter, especially one protected from rough water by piers, jetties, and other artificial structures:fishing in the harbor the westerly wind kept us in harbor until the following afternoon
• a place of refuge:the offered harbor of his arms

verb

• 1keep (a thought or feeling, typically a negative one) in one’s mind, especially secretly:she started to harbor doubts about the wisdom of their journey

• 2give a home or shelter to:woodlands that once harbored a colony of red deer
• shelter or hide (a criminal or wanted person):he was suspected of harboring an escaped prisoner
• carry the germs of (a disease).

• 3 [no object] archaic (of a ship or its crew) moor in a harbor:he might have harbored in San Francisco