Haven

/ˈheɪvən/ · noun

Meaning

(literal, dated) A harbour or anchorage protected from the sea..

Definitions by Sense

1. (literal, dated) A harbour or anchorage protected from the sea.
2. A safe place.
3. A peaceful or tranquil place.
4. (graph theory) A certain type of function on sets of vertices in an undirected graph, able to be used by an evader to win a pursuit-evasion game on the graph.
5. To put into, or provide with a haven.
6. (obsolete) plural simple present of have

Example Sentences

And the stately ships go on / To their haven under the hill;

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.

And they that occupye them bene in moche ſauegarde, and hauen greate conſolacyon, and bene the readyer vnto all goodnes, the ſlower to all euyll, and yf they haue done any thing amyſe, anone euen by the ſyght of the bookes theyꝛ conſciences bene admoniſhed, and they waxen ſoꝛy ⁊ aſhamed of the facte.

For Lord, what charity hauen such men of religion, that knowen how they mowen against and sinne, and fleen awat from their brethren that bene more vncunning then they ben, and suffren thē to trauelen in the world withouten their councel as beastes?

The craftie Badger, the Watry Otter / Whome Howndes purſue, till they hauen got her / Theſe Beaſtes been of higheſt Regard and Price / To pleaſure Princes and to murder vice.

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• havens
• havening
• havened

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