harbored

verb

USHAR-burd/ˈhɑɹbɚd/UKHAR-buhd/ˈhɑːbəd/

1 meaning of harbored

1
verbUS
Simple past and past participle of harbor.
The village harbored several refugees during the long winter.
He had harbored resentment toward his former partner for years.
Note
Because harbor takes the regular -ed ending, one spelling covers both the simple past (the village harbored refugees) and the participle after have or in the passive (refugees were harbored there). Only the transitive meanings can go passive: sheltering someone, or holding a feeling or doubt in mind. A ship that harbored in a bay took no object, so that use pairs with had, never were. This is the American spelling.

harbored is a form of harbor

harbor, verb: To hold or persistently keep a feeling, thought, or suspicion in one's mind. Full entry

Forms: harborharbors he/she/itharboring -ing formharbored past tense, past participle
Spelling: harbor → harbored: add -ed
Sound: The ending sounds like /d/.

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