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hoard Noun a store of money, food, etc., hidden away for future use Verb to save or store (money, food, etc.) [Old English hord] hoarder n USAGE: Hoard is sometimes wrongly written where horde is meant: hordes (not hoards) of tourists. Hoard a stock or store; something accumulated. Examples: hoard of human bliss, 1764; of coins, 1851; of facts, 1847; of grace, 1805; of money; of nuts; of provisions; of savings; of secrets.
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hoard Translationshoard n hoard [hoːd] 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.stapel, voorraadذَخيرَة، كَنْزзапасzásobaforråd; lagerder Vorratαπόθεμαprovisióntagavaraذخيرهkätköréserveמְלַאי, מַטמוֹןखजाना, गुप्त धनzaliha(titkos) készletsimpananforðiscorta貯蔵저장(물)atsargos, sankaupos(dārgumu, pārtikas u.tml.) slepens krājumssorokanvoorraadforråd; skjult skattzapasreservarezervă(тайный) запасzásoba(skrita) zalogariznicaförråd, lagerแหล่งกักตุนistif, stok秘藏的東西, 儲藏запас; щось прихованеذخیرہkho; chỗ cất giữ秘藏的东西,储藏 v to store up or keep large quantities of (something), often in secret His mother told him to stop hoarding old newspapers.opstapel, opgaarيَخْزِن، يَدَّخِرскладирамhromaditoplagrehortenκάνω απόθεμα,αποθησαυρίζω,αποκρύπτωamontonar, guardar, almacenarvaruma, säilitamaذخيره كردنkätkeästockerלֶאֱגוֹרसंचय करना, जमाखोरी करनाtajno nagomilavati, stvarati zalihefelhalmozmenimbunsafna saman; hamstraaccumulare貯蔵する저장하다krauti, kaupti atsargasslepus uzkrāt/uzglabātmenyorokkanvoorraad aanleggenhamstre, samle, skjulegromadzićacumulara păstraприпрятыватьhromadiťspravljatigomilatihamstra, spara, samla på högกักตุน (อาหาร, เงิน)istif etmek, stok yapmak積聚запасатиبڑی مقدار میں جمع کرناtích trữ; dự trữ积聚 n ˈhoarder opgaarder, vergaarderمُدَّخِرчовек, които складираhrabivechamstrerder Hamstererαποθησαυριστήςacaparador, acumuladortagavarade kogujaذخيره كنندهhamstraajapersonne qui accumuleאוֹגֵרजमाखोरonaj koji stvara zaliheáruhalmozópengumpulsafnari; hamstrariaccaparratore, accaparratrice貯蔵者저장자atsargų kaupėjastāds, kas slepus kaut ko glabāpenyorokiemand die een voorraad van iets aanlegthamstrer, samlergromadzący zapasyaçambarcadorpersoană care adună/păstreazăзапасливый человекchamtiveckdor si dela zalogesakupljačsamlare, hamstrareผู้กักตุนistifçi, stokçu貯藏者скнара, тезавраторذخیرہ اندوزngười tích trữ贮藏者 |
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Suddenly, sheepish investors began to form lines at banks, determined to avoid having their names printed in the newspapers as unpatriotic hoarders. When the hoarders revisited the trays in private, the birds who'd been watched by a dominant bird during the first episode shifted more treats to other hiding places than did birds watched by a subordinate, a mate, or no other jay. An inexpensive and environmentally friendly hobby, as the English word-buff Ivor Brown observed: "The snatchers and hoarders of birds' eggs and of flowers first create a scarcity, then hunt down the rarities. |
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