hoard

(hôrd)

1. A supply or store of something held or hidden for future use.

2. A collection or supply, as of memories or information, that one keeps to oneself for future use.

v. hoard·ed, hoard·ing, hoards

v.tr.

1. To accumulate a hoard of: hoarded his money in a box under the bed.

2. To accumulate as much of (something) as one can, as when fearing a shortage.

3. To keep hidden or private: "the impulse to hoard the raw material of experience and turn it into art" (Bernard Cooper).

v.intr.

To gather or accumulate a hoard.

[Middle English hord, from Old English; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots.]

hoard′er n.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

hoarder - a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use

pack rat, scavenger, magpie - someone who collects things that have been discarded by others

miser - a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably)

scrooge, skinflint, churl - a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend

penny pincher - someone who is excessively careful with money (who pinches every penny before letting go of it)

saver - someone who saves (especially money)

hoarder

noun saver, miser, collector, squirrel (informal), magpie (Brit.), tight-arse (taboo slang), tight-ass (U.S. taboo slang), niggard Most hoarders have favourite hiding places.

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Translations

مُدَّخِر

hrabivec

hamstrer

Hamsterer

áruhalmozó

safnari; hamstrari

accaparratore

hamstrer

chamtivec

贮藏者

hoarder

[ˈhɔːdəʳ] N to be a hoarder → ser un acaparador

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hoarder

n (= animal) Tier, das Vorräte anlegt (= person) → Hamsterer m, → Hamsterin f

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hoard

(hoːd) noun

a (sometimes hidden) store (of treasure, food etc). When she was supposed to be on a diet she secretly kept a hoard of potato crisps in a cupboard.

verb

to store up or keep large quantities of (something), often in secret. His mother told him to stop hoarding old newspapers.

ˈhoarder noun

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References in classic literature

No, I never believed myself to be a hoarder; in fact, I knew only too well that I was a spendthrift.

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The envious man beholds his neighbours' honours even in the sky; to the money- hoarder, and the mass of worldly folk, the whole great universe above glitters with sterling coin--fresh from the mint--stamped with the sovereign's head--coming always between them and heaven, turn where they may.

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One third of it thou canst well spare to us for thy entertainment and that of thy train, for thou art very rich; one third of it thou canst better spare for charity, for, Bishop, I hear that thou art a hard master to those beneath thee and a close hoarder of gains that thou couldst better and with more credit to thyself give to charity than spend upon thy own likings."

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During a raid in Daira Din Pannah a police team arrested an alleged hoarder for stocking 40,000 sugar bags.

Four arrested for hoarding sugar, wheat

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Bosses want to take the focus off the hoarder and onto the children and families to get an "unfiltered, non-judgmental"look at hoarding through the eyes of children.

Children living with hoarders to be featured on new TV documentary; Producers want families to get in touch for a short series

Lauren, who did not want to give her full name, accepted she was a hoarder and agreed to seek help to cure the condition.

A Croydon mum couldn't sleep in her own bed because her hoarding was so out of control; 'I was ashamed. I couldn't even invite friends round for coffee and my sons were embarrassed'

Hoarder, 94, dies in fire at home where clutter was piled to ceiling and birds built nests inside

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However, a prime characteristic of a hoarder is the lack of insight.

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