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Grammar : Noun
Spell : hey-vuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈheɪ vən

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Définition of haven

Origin :
  • Old English hæfen "haven, port," from Old Norse höfn "haven, harbor" or directly from Proto-Germanic *hafno- (cf. Danish havn, Middle Low German havene, German Hafen), perhaps from PIE *kap- "to seize, hold contain" (see have) on notion of place that "holds" ships, but cf. also Old Norse haf, Old English hæf "sea" (see haff). Figurative sense of "refuge," now practically the only sense, is c.1200.
  • noun refuge, port
Example sentences :
  • More than a haven for the weary, it is a hope for the brave.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • We soon got at work, and began to work down to the mouth of the haven, with a light breeze.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • When he is wafted to a haven of rest, we will console each other.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • The ship is cleared--my hour is come--my passengers are on board--and America is my haven.
  • Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Their utter unconcern showed that this haven had not been entered for years.
  • Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
  • Only the mountains remained to offer him a haven, and those might be changed as this spot was.
  • Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
  • That afternoon I was alone in my haven of refuge, the boathouse.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Any haven that promised solitude was to be his city of refuge.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
  • The plane, so plainly visible there ahead and above, was like a haven of refuge to them.
  • Extract from : « Lords of the Stratosphere » by Arthur J. Burks
  • For some subtle reason it no longer became the haven to be yearned for that it had been.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum

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