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hoard
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hoard  (hôrd, hrd)
n.
A hidden fund or supply stored for future use; a cache.
v. hoard·ed, hoard·ing, hoards
v.intr.
To gather or accumulate a hoard.
v.tr.
1. To accumulate a hoard of.
2. To keep hidden or private.

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

hoarder n.

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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hoardhoard - a secret store of valuables or money
fund, store, stock - a supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars"
Verb1.hoard - save up as for future use
lay aside, save up, save - accumulate money for future use; "He saves half his salary"
2.hoardhoard - get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"
run up - pile up (debts or scores)
corral - collect or gather; "corralling votes for an election"
collect, pull in - get or bring together; "accumulate evidence"
scrape up, scrape, scratch, come up - gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living"
chunk, lump - put together indiscriminately; "lump together all the applicants"
bale - make into a bale; "bale hay"
catch - take in and retain; "We have a big barrel to catch the rainwater"
fund - accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability; "fund a medical care plan"
fund - place or store up in a fund for accumulation
salt away, stack away, stash away, store, hive away, lay in, put in - keep or lay aside for future use; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat"

hoard
Translations
hoard [hɔːd] n (= treasure) → tesoro (= stockpile); provisión f
vtacumular

hoard [hɔːd] n [of food] → provisions fpl, réserves fpl [of money]; trésor m
vtamasser

hoard [hɔːd] n (of food) → Vorrat m;
(of money, treasure) → Schatz m
vt (food) → hamstern;
(money) → horten

hoard [hɔːd] n [of food] → provviste fpl [of money] → gruzzolo
vtammassare

hoard
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, voorraad ذَخيرَة، كَنْز запас zásoba forråd; lager der Vorrat απόθεμα provisión tagavara ذخيره kätkö réserve מְלַאי, מַטמוֹן खजाना, गुप्त धन zaliha (titkos) készlet simpanan forði scorta 貯蔵 저장(물) atsargos, sankaupos (dārgumu, pārtikas u.tml.) slepens krājums sorokan voorraad forråd; skjult skatt zapas reserva rezervă (тайный) запас zásoba (skrita) zaloga riznica förråd, lager แหล่งกักตุน istif, stok 秘藏的東西, 儲藏 запас; щось приховане ذخیرہ kho; chỗ cất giữ 西,
v
to store up or keep large quantities of (something), often in secret His mother told him to stop hoarding old newspapers. opstapel, opgaar يَخْزِن، يَدَّخِر складирам hromadit oplagre horten κάνω απόθεμα,αποθησαυρίζω,αποκρύπτω amontonar, guardar, almacenar varuma, säilitama ذخيره كردن kätkeä stocker לֶאֱגוֹר संचय करना, जमाखोरी करना tajno nagomilavati, stvarati zalihe felhalmoz menimbun safna saman; hamstra accumulare 貯蔵する 저장하다 krauti, kaupti atsargas slepus uzkrāt/uzglabāt menyorokkan voorraad aanleggen hamstre, samle, skjule gromadzić acumular a păs­tra припрятывать hromadiť spravljati gomilati hamstra, spara, samla på hög กักตุน (อาหาร, เงิน) istif etmek, stok yapmak 積聚 запасати بڑی مقدار میں جمع کرنا tích trữ; dự trữ
n hoarder
opgaarder, vergaarder مُدَّخِر човек, които складира hrabivec hamstrer der Hamsterer αποθησαυριστής acaparador, acumulador tagavarade koguja ذخيره كننده hamstraaja personne qui accumule אוֹגֵר जमाखोर onaj koji stvara zalihe áruhalmozó pengumpul safnari; hamstrari accaparratore, accaparratrice 貯蔵者 저장자 atsargų kaupėjas tāds, kas slepus kaut ko glabā penyorok iemand die een voorraad van iets aanlegt hamstrer, samler gromadzący zapasy açambarcador persoană care adună/păs­trează запасливый человек chamtivec kdor si dela zaloge sakupljač samlare, hamstrare ผู้กักตุน istifçi, stokçu 貯藏者 скнара, тезавратор ذخیرہ اندوز người tích trữ


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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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