HOARDS

Proper noun

Hoards

plural of Hoard

Anagrams

• drosha

Noun

hoards

plural of hoard

Verb

hoards

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hoard

Anagrams

• drosha

Source: Wiktionary


HOARD

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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