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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, 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西,
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
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

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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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