Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A supply or store of something held or hidden for future use.
  • noun A collection or supply, as of memories or information, that one keeps to oneself for future use.
  • intransitive verb To accumulate a hoard of.
  • intransitive verb To accumulate as much of (something) as one can, as when fearing a shortage.
  • intransitive verb To keep hidden or private.
  • intransitive verb To gather or accumulate a hoard.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as hoarding.
  • noun A treasure; a fund; a stock or store laid by; an accumulation of something for preservation or future use; hence, any mass of things preserved by being deposited together.
  • noun A hoarding-place; a treasure-house or treasury.
  • noun A place of retirement or concealment; a closet or cabinet; a lurking-place.
  • To treasure up; collect and store; amass and deposit for preservation or security, or for future use; store; lay up: often followed by up.
  • To gather and save; lay up store.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun See hoarding, 2.
  • noun A store, stock, or quantity of anything accumulated or laid up; a hidden supply; a treasure
  • transitive verb To collect and lay up; to amass and deposit in secret; to store secretly, or for the sake of keeping and accumulating.
  • intransitive verb To lay up a store or hoard, as of money.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A hidden, secret supply or fund.
  • noun archaeology A cache of valuable objects or artefacts; a trove.
  • verb To amass, usually for one's personal collection.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a secret store of valuables or money
  • verb save up as for future use
  • verb get or gather together

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

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

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Old English hord.

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Examples

  • I agree with Paul that you have painted a wonderful character fully in the round, and, yes, possibly the wording about the hoard is slightly illogical, but I disagree with him about her giving away the note.

    BAG LADY BLUES • by Mark Dalligan 2009

  • "This inclination to hoard is deeply ingrained in me, because in the past, in times of scarcity, you took what you could get," Merkel said, referring to former times under communism when people would stand in line for hours to buy a few bananas or oranges.

    Angela Merkel Reflects On German Reunification Anniversary AP 2010

  • On the other hand, maybe the cash hoard is stuck oveseas and they have trouble repratriating it without paying significant taxes.

    Why Does Cisco Need $4 Billion in Debt? 2009

  • The precentage of Riesling in my little hoard is slowly but consistently increasing; Australian, German, Alsace & South American - last month I had an Israeli Riesling!

    The Four Stages of Riesling 2009

  • My point, before I again plumb the depths of my word hoard, and layer some plot onto this thing, and make sure I have committed every possible act of cruelty against these characters, is, I'll see you on the other side.

    Archive 2010-07-01 Kat Howard 2010

  • My point, before I again plumb the depths of my word hoard, and layer some plot onto this thing, and make sure I have committed every possible act of cruelty against these characters, is, I'll see you on the other side.

    Never go up against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line Kat Howard 2010

  • Kaylin's understanding of the Dragon term hoard wasn't exact, but time had made clear that it meant 'touch any of my stuff and die horribly'.

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  • Kaylin's understanding of the Dragon term hoard wasn't exact, but time had made clear that it meant 'touch any of my stuff and die horribly'.

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  • I think hiding your hoard is worth a post of it's own at a later date.

    In silver, size does matter Canadian silver bug/Green Assassin Brigade 2006

  • I think hiding your hoard is worth a post of it's own at a later date.

    Archive 2006-08-27 Canadian silver bug/Green Assassin Brigade 2006

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