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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HOARD, n. A store, stock or large quantity of any thing accumulated or laid up; a hidden stock; a treasure; as a hoard of provisions for winter; a hoard of money.
HOARD, v.t. To collect and lay up a large quantity of any thing; to amass and deposit in secret; to store secretly; as, to hoard grain or provisions; to hoard silver and gold.
It is sometimes followed by up, but without use; as, to hoard up provisions.
HOARD, v.i. To collect and form a hoard; to lay up store.
Nor cared to hoard for those whom he did breed.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a secret store of valuables or money [syn: hoard, cache, stash] v
1: save up as for future use [syn: hoard, stash, cache, lay away, hive up, squirrel away]
2: 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" [syn: roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English hord, from Old English; akin to Gothic huzd treasure, Old English hy?dan to hide Date: before 12th century a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away II. verb Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to lay up a hoard of 2. to keep (as one's thoughts) to oneself intransitive verb to lay up a hoard • hoarder noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a stock or store (esp. of money) laid by. 2 an amassed store of facts etc. 3 Archaeol. an ancient store of treasure etc. --v. 1 tr. (often absol.; often foll. by up) amass (money etc.) and put away; store. 2 intr. accumulate more than one's current requirements of food etc. in a time of scarcity. 3 tr. store in the mind. Derivatives: hoarder n. Etymology: OE hord f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hoard Hoard, n. See Hoarding, 2. --Smart.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hoard 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hoard 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hoard Hoard, v. i. To lay up a store or hoard, as of money. To hoard for those whom he did breed. --Spenser.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(hoards, hoarding, hoarded) 1. If you hoard things such as food or money, you save or store them, often in secret, because they are valuable or important to you. They've begun to hoard food and gasoline and save their money... Consumers did not spend and create jobs; they hoarded... VERB: V n, V • hoarder (hoarders) Most hoarders have favorite hiding places. N-COUNT 2. A hoard is a store of things that you have saved and that are valuable or important to you or you do not want other people to have. The case involves a hoard of silver and jewels valued at up to $40m. = cache N-COUNT: oft N of n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Store (secretly), deposit, save, garner, husband, hive, accumulate, amass, treasure up, lay in, lay by, set by, lay up, lay away, hide away.

Moby Thesaurus

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