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Webster 1913 Edition
Hoard
Hoard
,Noun.
[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.Hoard
,Verb.
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
grainHoard
,Verb.
I.
To lay up a store or hoard, as of money.
To
hoard
for those whom he did breed. Spenser.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hoard
HOARD
,Noun.
HOARD
,Verb.
T.
It is sometimes followed by up, but without use; as, to hoard up provisions.
HOARD
,Verb.
I.
Nor cared to hoard for those whom he did breed.
Definition 2024
hoard
hoard
English
Noun
hoard (plural hoards)
- A hidden supply or fund.
- a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money
- (archaeology) A cache of valuable objects or artefacts; a trove.
- Misspelling of horde.
Translations
archeology: cache of valuable objects
Verb
hoard (third-person singular simple present hoards, present participle hoarding, simple past and past participle hoarded)
- To amass, usually for one's personal collection.
Antonyms
Translations
to amass
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See also
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Hoarding on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- hoard (archaeology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- horde