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Hoard

Hoard Meaning & Definition
Hoard Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hoard?

[n] a secret store of valuables or money
[v] get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for athe man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"
[v] save up as for future use

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hoard: accumulate | amass | cache | cache | collect | compile | hive up | lay away | pile up | squirrel away | stash | stash

Related Terms | Find terms related to Hoard: abundance | accumulate | accumulation | agglomeration | amass | amassment | assemble | backlog | budget | cache | capital gains | cleanup | clear profit | collect | collection | colluvies | commissariat | commissary | conglomeration | cornucopia | cumulate | cumulation | dividends | dump | earnings | filthy lucre | fund | gain | gains | garner | garner up | gather | gather into barns | get | gettings | gleanings | gross | gross profit | heap | heap up | hide | hoard up | hold | income | interest | inventory | keep | killing | larder | lay by | lay up | lucre | makings | mass | material | materials | materiel | munitions | neat profit | nest egg | net | net profit | paper profits | pelf | percentage | perk | perks | perquisite | pickings | pile | pile up | plenitude | plenty | proceeds | profit | profits | provisionment | provisions | put away | put up | rake-off | rations | receipts | repertoire | repertory | reserve | reservoir | return | returns | rick | save | save up | secrete | set aside | sock away | squirrel | squirrel away | stack | stash | stock | stock up | stock-in-trade | stockpile | store | store up | stores | supplies | supply | supply on hand | take | take-in | treasure | treasure up | treasury | trove | wealth | winnings

See Also | bale | catch | chunk | come up | corral | fund | fund | hive away | lay aside | lay in | lump | pull in | put in | run up | salt away | save | save up | scrape | scrape up | stack away | stash away | stock | store | store

Hoard In Webster's Dictionary

\Hoard\, n. See {Hoarding}, 2. --Smart.
\Hoard\, n. [OE. hord, AS. hord; akin to OS. hord, G. hort, Icel. hodd, Goth. huzd; prob. from the root of E. hide to conceal, and of L. custos guard, E. custody. See {Hide} to conceal.] A store, stock, or quantity of anything accumulated or laid up; a hidden supply; a treasure; as, a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money.
\Hoard\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hoarded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hoarding}.] [AS. hordian.] To collect and lay up; to amass and deposit in secret; to store secretly, or for the sake of keeping and accumulating; as, to hoard grain.
\Hoard\, v. i. To lay up a store or hoard, as of money. To hoard for those whom he did breed. --Spenser.

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