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

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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 8299^th 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

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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

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