hoard Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a secret store of valuables or money
    cache; stash.
  2. verb save up as for future use
    squirrel away; cache; stash; lay away; hive up.
  3. verb get or gather together
    amass; roll up; compile; collect; accumulate; pile up.
    • I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife
    • She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis
    • She rolled up a small fortune

WordNet

Hoard noun
Definitions
  1. See Hoarding, 2. Smart.
Hoard noun
Etymology
OE. hord, AS. hord; akin to OS. hord, G. hort, Icel. hodd, Goth. huzd; prob. from the root of E. hide to conceal, and of L. custos guard, E. custody. See Hide to conceal.
Definitions
  1. A store, stock, or quantity of anything accumulated or laid up; a hidden supply; a treasure; as, a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money.
Hoard transitive verb
Etymology
AS. hordian.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Hoarded; present participle & verbal noun Hoarding
Definitions
  1. To collect and lay up; to amass and deposit in secret; to store secretly, or for the sake of keeping and accumulating; as, to hoard grain.
Hoard intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To lay up a store or hoard, as of money.
    To hoard for those whom he did breed. Spenser.

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