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HAVEN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary
Synonyms:
haven; oasis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("haven" is a kind of...):
shelter (a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
Synonyms:
harbor; harbour; haven; seaport
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("haven" is a kind of...):
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
Meronyms (parts of "haven"):
dock; dockage; docking facility (landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out)
landing; landing place (structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods)
anchorage; anchorage ground (place for vessels to anchor)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "haven"):
coaling station (a seaport where ships can take on supplies of coal)
port of call (any port where a ship stops except its home port)
Instance hyponyms:
Caesarea (an ancient seaport in northwestern Israel; an important Roman city in ancient Palestine)
Pearl Harbor (a harbor on Oahu to the west of Honolulu; location of a United States naval base that was attacked by the Japanese on 7 Dec 1941)
Boston Harbor (the seaport at Boston)
Holonyms ("haven" is a part of...):
seafront (the waterfront of a seaside town)
Context examples:
Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Does the patient believe any other unusual things that I haven't asked about?
(NPI - Any Other Unusual Things That I Haven't Asked About, NCI Thesaurus)
Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Does the patient have any other nighttime behaviors that bother you that we haven't talked about?
(NPI - Any Other Nighttime Behaviors That Bother You, NCI Thesaurus)
Why, man, I haven’t seen you since the day you nearly killed Black Baruk, and cost me a cool hundred by doing it.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Have there been any other changes in appetite or eating that I haven't asked about?
(NPI - Any Other Changes in Appetite or Eating, NCI Thesaurus)
Aside from drugs for fever or pain, most over-the-counter products haven't actually been studied in children for effectiveness, safety, or dosing.
(Medicines and Children, Food and Drug Administration)
However, scientists haven’t yet designed a vaccine that can protect people from HIV.
(The Structure and Dynamics of HIV Surface Spikes, NIH)
However, the resulting “housekeeping proteins” haven’t been well understood.
(Revealing the human proteome, NIH)
"I haven't the faintest idea," said the Tin Woodman, and the Lion shook his shaggy mane and looked thoughtful.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
One question they can now answer, however, is why haven't they done this before?
(Scientists Find Natural Product That Slows Aging, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
But despite advances in treatment, scientists haven’t yet designed a vaccine that protects people from HIV.
(HIV Immunotherapy Promising in First Human Study, NIH)
