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–noun

1.	a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.

–verb (used with object)

2.	to accumulate for preservation, future use, etc., in a hidden or carefully guarded place: to hoard food during a shortage.

–verb (used without object)

3.	to accumulate money, food, or the like, in a hidden or carefully guarded place for preservation, future use, etc.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME hord(e), OE hord; c. ON hodd, OHG hort, Goth huzd treasure; see hide¹, hide²

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—Related forms

hoarder, noun

—Synonyms 1. stockpile, reserve, cache, store, stock.

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n.   A hidden fund or supply stored for future use; a cache.

v.   hoard·ed, hoard·ing, hoards

v.   intr.
To gather or accumulate a hoard.

v.   tr.

To accumulate a hoard of.
To keep hidden or private.

[Middle English hord, from Old English; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots.]

hoard'er n.

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hoard (n.)

O.E. hord "treasure, valuable stock or store," from P.Gmc. *khuzdan (cf. O.N. hodd, Ger. hort, Goth. huzd "treasure," lit. "hidden treasure"), from *kuzdho, probably from PIE base *(s)keu- "to cover, conceal" (see hide (n.1)). The verb is from O.E. hordian.

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hoard
noun
1.	a secret store of valuables or money
verb
1.	save up as for future use
2.	get or gather together; "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" [syn: roll up]

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hoard [hoːd] noun

a (sometimes hidden) store (of treasure, food etc)
Example: When she was supposed to be on a diet she secretly kept a hoard of potato crisps in a cupboard.

Arabic:	ذَخيرَة، كَنْز
Chinese (Simplified):	秘藏的东西,储藏
Chinese (Traditional):	秘藏的東西, 儲藏
Czech:	zásoba
Danish:	forråd; lager
Dutch:	voorraad
Estonian:	tagavara
Finnish:	kätkö
French:	réserve
German:	der Vorrat
Greek:	απόθεμα
Hungarian:	(titkos) készlet
Icelandic:	forði
Indonesian:	simpanan
Italian:	scorta

Japanese:	貯蔵
Korean:	저장(물)
Latvian:	(dārgumu, pārtikas u.tml.) slepens krājums
Lithuanian:	atsargos, sankaupos
Norwegian:	forråd; skjult skatt
Polish:	zapas
Portuguese (Brazil):	estoque
Portuguese (Portugal):	reserva
Romanian:	rezervă
Russian:	(тайный) запас
Slovak:	zásoba
Slovenian:	(skrita) zaloga
Spanish:	provisión
Swedish:	förråd, lager
Turkish:	istif, stok

hoard [hoːd] verb

to store up or keep large quantities of (something), often in secret
Example: His mother told him to stop hoarding old newspapers.

Arabic:	يَخْزِن، يَدَّخِر
Chinese (Simplified):	积聚
Chinese (Traditional):	積聚
Czech:	hromadit
Danish:	oplagre
Dutch:	voorraad aanleggen
Estonian:	varuma, säilitama
Finnish:	kätkeä
French:	stocker
German:	horten
Hungarian:	felhalmoz
Icelandic:	safna saman; hamstra
Indonesian:	menimbun
Italian:	accumulare
Japanese:	貯蔵する

Korean:	저장하다
Latvian:	slepus uzkrāt, *uzglabāt
Lithuanian:	krauti, kaupti atsargas
Norwegian:	hamstre, samle, skjule
Polish:	gromadzić
Portuguese (Brazil):	armazenar, açambarcar
Portuguese (Portugal):	acumular
Romanian:	a păstra
Russian:	припрятывать
Slovak:	hromadiť
Slovenian:	spravljati
Spanish:	amontonar, guardar, almacenar
Swedish:	hamstra, spara, samla på hög
Turkish:	istif etmek, stok yapmak

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Hoard

Hide\ (h[imac]d), v. t. [imp. Hid (h[i^]d); p. p. Hidden (h[i^]d"d'n), Hid; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiding (h[imac]d"[i^]ng).] [OE. hiden, huden, AS. h[=y]dan; akin to Gr. key`qein, and prob. to E. house, hut, and perh. to E. hide of an animal, and to hoard. Cf. Hoard.]

1. To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete.

A city that is set on an hill can not be hid. --Matt. v. 15.

If circumstances lead me, I will find Where truth is hid. --Shak.

2. To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.

Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate. --Pope.

3. To remove from danger; to shelter.

In the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion. --Ps. xxvi. 5.

To hide one's self, to put one's self in a condition to be safe; to secure protection. "A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself." --Prov. xxii. 3.

To hide the face, to withdraw favor. "Thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled." --Ps. xxx. 7.

To hide the face from. (a) To overlook; to pardon. "Hide thy face from my sins." --Ps. li. 9. (b) To withdraw favor from; to be displeased with.

Syn: To conceal; secrete; disguise; dissemble; screen; cloak; mask; veil. See Conceal.

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Hoard\, n. See Hoarding, 2. --Smart.

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Hoard

Hoard\, n. [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.] 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.

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Hoard\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoarding.] [AS. hordian.] 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.

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Hoard\, v. i. To lay up a store or hoard, as of money.

To hoard for those whom he did breed. --Spenser.

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House\, n.; pl. Houses. [OE. hous, hus, AS. h?s; akin to OS. & OFries. h?s, D. huis, OHG. h?s, G. haus, Icel. h?s, Sw. hus, Dan. huus, Goth. gudh?s, house of God, temple; and prob. to E. hide to conceal. See Hide, and cf. Hoard, Husband, Hussy, Husting.]

1. A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a dwelling place, a mansion.

Houses are built to live in; not to look on. --Bacon.

Bees with smoke and doves with noisome stench Are from their hives and houses driven away. --Shak.

2. Household affairs; domestic concerns; particularly in the phrase to keep house. See below.

3. Those who dwell in the same house; a household.

One that feared God with all his house. --Acts x. 2.

4. A family of ancestors, descendants, and kindred; a race of persons from the same stock; a tribe; especially, a noble family or an illustrious race; as, the house of Austria; the house of Hanover; the house of Israel.

The last remaining pillar of their house, The one transmitter of their ancient name. --Tennyson.

5. One of the estates of a kingdom or other government assembled in parliament or legislature; a body of men united in a legislative capacity; as, the House of Lords; the House of Commons; the House of Representatives; also, a quorum of such a body. See Congress, and Parliament.

6. (Com.) A firm, or commercial establishment.

7. A public house; an inn; a hotel.

8. (Astrol.) A twelfth part of the heavens, as divided by six circles intersecting at the north and south points of the horizon, used by astrologers in noting the positions of the heavenly bodies, and casting horoscopes or nativities. The houses were regarded as fixed in respect to the horizon, and numbered from the one at the eastern horizon, called the ascendant, first house, or house of life, downward, or in the direction of the earth's revolution, the stars and planets passing through them in the reverse order every twenty-four hours.

9. A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece.

10. An audience; an assembly of hearers, as at a lecture, a theater, etc.; as, a thin or a full house.

11. The body, as the habitation of the soul.

This mortal house I'll ruin, Do C[ae]sar what he can. --Shak.

12.

Usage: [With an adj., as narrow, dark, etc.] The grave. "The narrow house." --Bryant.

Note: House is much used adjectively and as the first element of compounds. The sense is usually obvious; as, house cricket, housemaid, house painter, housework.

House ant (Zo["o]l.), a very small, yellowish brown ant (Myrmica molesta), which often infests houses, and sometimes becomes a great pest.

House of bishops (Prot. Epis. Ch.), one of the two bodies composing a general convertion, the other being House of Clerical and Lay Deputies.

House boat, a covered boat used as a dwelling.

House of call, a place, usually a public house, where journeymen connected with a particular trade assemble when out of work, ready for the call of employers. [Eng.] --Simonds.

House car (Railroad), a freight car with inclosing sides and a roof; a box car.

House of correction. See Correction.

House cricket (Zo["o]l.), a European cricket (Gryllus domesticus), which frequently lives in houses, between the bricks of chimneys and fireplaces. It is noted for the loud chirping or stridulation of the males.

House dog, a dog kept in or about a dwelling house.

House finch (Zo["o]l.), the burion.

House flag, a flag denoting the commercial house to which a merchant vessel belongs.

House fly (Zo["o]l.), a common fly (esp. Musca domestica), which infests houses both in Europe and America. Its larva is a maggot which lives in decaying substances or excrement, about sink drains, etc.

House of God, a temple or church.

House of ill fame. See Ill fame under Ill, a.

House martin (Zo["o]l.), a common European swallow (Hirundo urbica). It has feathered feet, and builds its nests of mud against the walls of buildings. Called also house swallow, and window martin.

House mouse (Zo["o]l.), the common mouse (Mus musculus).

House physician, the resident medical adviser of a hospital or other public institution.

House snake (Zo["o]l.), the milk snake.

House sparrow (Zo["o]l.), the common European sparrow (Passer domesticus). It has recently been introduced into America, where it has become very abundant, esp. in cities. Called also thatch sparrow.

House spider (Zo["o]l.), any spider which habitually lives in houses. Among the most common species are Theridium tepidariorum and Tegenaria domestica.

House surgeon, the resident surgeon of a hospital.

House wren (Zo["o]l.), the common wren of the Eastern United States (Troglodytes a["e]don). It is common about houses and in gardens, and is noted for its vivacity, and loud musical notes. See Wren.

Religious house, a monastery or convent.

The White House, the official residence of the President of the United States; -- hence, colloquially, the office of President.

To bring down the house. See under Bring.

To keep house, to maintain an independent domestic establishment.

To keep open house, to entertain friends at all times.

Syn: Dwelling; residence; abode. See Tenement.

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