0 past simple and past participle of harbour
1 to think about or feel something, usually over a long period:
2 to protect someone or something bad, especially by hiding that person or thing when the police are looking for him, her, or it:
to harbour a criminal
3 to contain the bacteria, etc. that can cause a disease to spread:
They nonetheless provided a useful and generally accurate overview of the foreign policy agendas harboured by the superpowers and claimant nations.
The endless depths of the forest traditionally harboured outlaws and other terrors.
All individual hosts harboured at least one helminth species.
These officials therefore harboured misgivings when it came to the economic councils from which they were excluded.
This rancher never harboured any doubts regarding the value of land, which he preferred over any other type of investment.
Over 90 % of these people harboured at least one type of these intestinal parasites.
The barbel host harboured at least one parasite species.
Headmen harboured them; village watchmen shared their illegal spoil.