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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 Translations hoard [hɔːd] n (of food) → Vorrat m; (of money, treasure) → Schatz m vt (food) → hamstern; (money) → horten 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 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, 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 积聚 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 贮藏者 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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