Haven

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: hav=en

CIDE DICTIONARY

Haven, n. [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.].

•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "What shipping and what lading 's in our haven."  [1913 Webster]

  "Their haven under the hill."  [1913 Webster]
•  A place of safety; a shelter; an asylum.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

  "The haven, or the rock of love."  [1913 Webster]

Haven, v. t. 

 To shelter, as in a haven.  Keats.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Haven, n.
1 a harbour or port.
2 a place of refuge.

Etymology

OE h{aelig}fen f. ON h{ouml}fn

THESAURUS

Haven

anchorage, anchorage ground, arm, armor, asylum, basin, berth, bird sanctuary, bless, bourn, breakwater, bulkhead, chamber, champion, chuck, cloak, compass about, copyright, cover, covert, cushion, defend, destination, dock, dockage, dockyard, dry dock, embankment, ensure, fence, fend, game sanctuary, goal, groin, guarantee, guard, harbor, harbor of refuge, harborage, house, insure, jetty, jutty, keep, keep from harm, landing, landing place, landing stage, last stop, make safe, marina, mole, moorings, nestle, patent, pier, police, port, preserve, protect, protected anchorage, quay, refuge, register, retreat, ride shotgun for, riding, road, roads, roadstead, roof, safe haven, safeguard, safehold, sanctuary, screen, seaport, seawall, secure, shelter, shield, shipyard, shroud, slip, snug harbor, stop, stopping place, stronghold, terminal, terminal point, terminus, underwrite, wharf

ROGET THESAURUS

Haven

Refuge

N refuge, sanctuary, retreat, fastness, acropolis, keep, last resort, ward, prison, asylum, ark, home, refuge for the destitute, almshouse, hiding place, sanctum sanctorum, roadstead, anchorage, breakwater, mole, port, haven, harbor, harbor of refuge, seaport, pier, jetty, embankment, quay, covert, cover, shelter, screen, lee wall, wing, shield, umbrella, barrier, dashboard, dasher, wall, fort, anchor, kedge, grapnel, grappling iron, sheet anchor, killick, mainstay, support, cheek, ballast, jury mast, vent-peg, safety valve, blow-off valve, safety lamp, lightning rod, lightning conductor, safety belt, airbag, seat belt, antilock brakes, antiskid tires, snow tires, means of escape, lifeboat, lifejacket, life buoy, swimming belt, cork jacket, parachute, plank, steppingstone, emergency landing, safeguard, any port in a storm, bibere venenum in auro, valet anchora virtus.

Quiescence

N quiescence, rest, stillness, quiescence, stagnation, stagnancy, fixity, immobility, catalepsy, indisturbance, quietism, quiet, tranquility, calm, repose, peace, dead calm, anticyclone, statue-like repose, silence, not a breath of air, not a mouse stirring, sleep, pause, lull, stand still, standing still, lock, dead lock, dead stop, dead stand, full stop, fix, embargo, resting place, gite, bivouac, home, pillow, haven, goal, quiescent, still, motionless, moveless, fixed, stationary, immotile, at rest at a stand, at a standstill, at anchor, stock, still, standing still, sedentary, untraveled, stay-at-home, becalmed, stagnant, quiet, unmoved, undisturbed, unruffled, calm, restful, cataleptic, immovable, sleeping, silent, still as a statue, still as a post, still as a mouse, still as death, vegetative, vegetating, at a stand, tout court, at the halt, Int, stop!, stay!, avast!, halt!, hold hard!, whoa!, hold!, sabr karo!, requiescat in pace, Deus nobis haec otia fecit, the noonday quiet holds the hill.

Arrival

N arrival, advent, landing, debarkation, disembarkation, reception, welcome, vin d'honneur, home, goal, goalpost, landing place, landing stage, bunder, resting place, destination, harbor, haven, port, airport, spaceport, terminus, halting place, halting ground, landing strip, runway, terminal, journey's end, anchorage, return, remigration, meeting, rencounter, encounter, completion, recursion, arriving, homeward bound, here, hither, Int, welcome!, hail!, all Hail!, good-day, good morrow!, any port in a storm.