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hoard

   [hawrd, hohrd]
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.

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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:
before 900; Middle English hord(e), Old English hord; cognate with Old Norse hodd, Old High German hort, Gothic huzd treasure; see hide1, hide2

Related forms
hoard·er, noun
un·hoard·ed, adjective

Can be confused: hoard, horde.

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

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Example Sentences
  • The way to build wealth is, to improve the quality of life for others and flow money instead of hoard it.
  • The government urged residents not to panic and hoard bottled water -- but many shops quickly sold out.
  • Our hoard is little, but our hearts are great.
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hoard (hɔːd)
 
—n
1.  an accumulated store hidden away for future use
2.  a cache of ancient coins, treasure, etc
 
—vb
3.  to gather or accumulate (a hoard)
 
[Old English hord; related to Old Norse hodd, Gothic huzd, German Hort, Swedish hydda hut]
 
usage  Hoard is sometimes wrongly written where horde is meant: hordes (not hoards) of tourists
 
'hoarder
 
—n

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hoard
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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