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Webster 1913 Edition

Haven

Ha′ven

(hā′v’n)
,
Noun.
[AS.
hæfene
; akin to D. & LG.
haven
, G.
hafen
, MHG.
habe
, Dan.
havn
, Icel.
höfn
, Sw.
hamn
; akin to E.
have
, and hence orig., a holder; or to
heave
(see
Heave
); or akin to AS.
hæf
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.
What shipping and what lading ’s in our
haven
.
Shakespeare
Their
haven
under the hill.
Tennyson.
2.
A place of safety; a shelter; an asylum.
Shak.
The
haven
, or the rock of love.
Waller.

Ha′ven

,
Verb.
T.
To shelter, as in a haven.
Keats.

Webster 1828 Edition

Haven

HA'VEN

,
Noun.
ha'vn.
1.
A harbor; a port; a bay, recess or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river which affords good anchorage and a safe station for ships; any place in which ships can be sheltered by the land from the force of tempests and a violent sea.
2.
A shelter; an asylum; a place of safety.

Definition 2024

Haven

Haven

See also: haven

English

Proper noun

Haven

  1. A male or female given name

haven

haven

See also: Haven

English

Noun

haven ‎(plural havens)

  1. A harbour or anchorage protected from the sea.
    • Shakespeare
      what shipping and what lading's in our haven
    • Tennyson
      their haven under the hill
  2. (by extension) A place of safety; a refuge or sanctuary.
    • 2011 December 21, Helen Pidd, “Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis”, in the Guardian:
      Since its conception, the European Union has been a haven for those seeking refuge from war, persecution and poverty in other parts of the world.
  3. (by extension) A peaceful place.

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Verb

haven ‎(third-person singular simple present havens, present participle havening, simple past and past participle havened)

  1. To put into, or provide with a haven.

Translations

Anagrams

Danish

Noun

haven c

  1. singular definite of have

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aːvən
  • IPA(key): /ˈɦaːvə(n)/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch havene, from Old Dutch *havana, from Proto-Germanic *habnō, *habanō.

Noun

haven f ‎(plural havens, diminutive haventje n)

  1. harbour
  2. port

Derived terms

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English habban, hafian.

Verb

haven

  1. to have

Conjugation

Descendants

Swedish

Noun

haven

  1. definite plural of hav

Etymology

From Middle English haven, havene, from Old English hæfen ‎(“haven; harbour; port”), from Proto-Germanic *habnō, *habanō (compare Dutch haven, German Hafen, Danish/Norwegian havn), from Proto-Germanic *habą ‎(“sea”) (compare Old English hæf, Middle Low German haf, Old Norse haf ‎(“sea”), German Haff ‎(“bay or lagoon behind a spit”), perhaps, in the sense of "heaving sea", etymologically identical with Old Norse haf ‎(“heaving, lifting, uplift, elevation”), derived from Proto-Germanic *habjaną ‎(“to lift, heave”)), or from Proto-Indo-European *kopno- (compare Irish cúan 'harbor, recess, haven').

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈheɪvən/
  • Rhymes: -eɪvən

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