From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Haven \Ha"ven\, v. t.
To shelter, as in a haven. --Keats.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Haven \Ha"ven\ (h[=a]"v'n), n. [AS. h[ae]fene; akin to D. & LG.
haven, G. hafen, MHG. habe, Dan. havn, Icel. h["o]fn, Sw.
hamn; akin to E. have, and hence orig., a holder; or to heave
(see {Heave}); or akin to AS. h[ae]f sea, Icel. & Sw. haf,
Dan. hav, which is perh. akin to E. heave.]
1. A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a
river, which affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a
harbor; a port.
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What shipping and what lading 's in our haven.
--Shak.
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Their haven under the hill. --Tennyson.
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2. A place of safety; a shelter; an asylum. --Shak.
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The haven, or the rock of love. --Waller.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
haven
n 1: a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary [syn:
{haven}, {oasis}]
2: a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
[syn: {seaport}, {haven}, {harbor}, {harbour}]
From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]:
haven /havən/
harbor; harbour; port
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