Definition of 'hoard'
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present
tense hoards
, present participle hoarding
, past tense, past participle hoarded
1. verb
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.
[VERB noun]
Consumers did not spend and create jobs; they hoarded.
[VERB]
The tea was sweetened with a hoarded tin of condensed milk. [VERB-ed]
2. countable noun
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hoard in British English
verb
▶ USAGE Hoard is sometimes wrongly written where horde is meant: hordes (not hoards) of tourists3.
to
gather or accumulate (a hoard)
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Derived forms
hoarder (ˈhoarder) noun
Word origin
Old English hord; related to Old Norse hodd, Gothic huzd, German Hort, Swedish hydda hut
Word Frequency
hoard in American English
verb transitive
3.
to accumulate and hide or keep in reserve
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Derived forms
hoarder (ˈhoarder)
noun
hoarding (ˈhoarding)
noun
Word origin
ME hord < OE, akin to Ger hort, Goth huzd < IE *keus- < base *(s)keu-, to cover, conceal >
hide1, Gr skylos, animal's skin
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British English: hoard VERB
If you hoard things such as food or money, you save or store them.
They've begun to hoard food and petrol and save their money.
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