haven Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary
    oasis.
  2. noun a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
    harbor; harbour; seaport.

WordNet

Ha"ven noun
Etymology
AS. hæfene; akin to D. & LG. haven, G. hafen, MNG. 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.
Definitions
  1. 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.
    What shipping and what lading's in our haven. Shak.
    Their haven under the hill. Tennyson.
  2. A place of safety; a shelter; an asylum. Shak.
    The haven, or the rock of love. Waller.
Ha"ven transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To shelter, as in a haven. Keats.

Webster 1913