harbour
part of speech
noun (harbour, harbours; US spelling harbor); verb (harbour, harbours, harboured, harbouring)
meaning for a pupil
1) A harbour is a place by the sea where boats and ships stay safe from waves and storms. tree →
2) To harbour someone is to hide or keep them, often someone hiding from others. tree →
3) To harbour a feeling is to keep it for a long time. tree →
sense 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 →
- 7 boats left the harbour in the morning. tree →
- 4 ships came into the harbour. tree →
- How many boats are in the harbour now? tree →
- The fishing boats returned to the harbour before the storm. tree →
- We walked along the harbour wall and watched the seals. tree →
- Sydney Harbour has a famous bridge. tree →
- The ship stayed in the harbour until the wind calmed down. tree →
- The next day the Swallow flew down to the harbour. tree →
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.
In the corpora
- Cities grew at useful spots: where a river could be bridged, where a harbour was sheltered, where trade routes met.
- Most great cities grew at useful spots: river crossings, natural harbours, estuaries or meeting points of trade routes.
- Never play near harbour edges, quays or mooring ropes; the water is deep and cold and ropes can snap tight.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «harbour» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.