HOARD
hoard, cache, stash
(noun) a secret store of valuables or money
hoard, stash, cache, lay away, hive up, squirrel away
(verb) save up as for future use
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
hoard (plural hoards)
A hidden supply or fund.
(archaeology) A cache of valuable objects or artefacts; a trove.
Verb
hoard (third-person singular simple present hoards, present participle hoarding, simple past and past participle hoarded)
To amass, usually for one's own private collection.
Synonyms
• engross, uphoard; see also amass
Antonyms
• declutter
Etymology 2
Noun
hoard (plural hoards)
A hoarding (temporary structure used during construction).
A hoarding (billboard).
Etymology 3
Noun
hoard
Misspelling of horde.
Anagrams
• Rhoda, hadro-
Proper noun
Hoard (plural Hoards)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hoard is the 8299th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3992 individuals. Hoard is most common among White (73.72%) and Black/African American (21.64%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Rhoda, hadro-
Source: Wiktionary
Hoard, n.
Definition: See Hoarding, 2. Smart.
Hoard, n. Etym: [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.]
Definition: 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, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoarding.] Etym:
[AS. hordian.]
Definition: 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, v. i.
Definition: To lay up a store or hoard, as of money.
To hoard for those whom he did breed. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition