Definitions for hoardhɔrd, hoʊrd
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
hoardhɔrd, hoʊrd
(n.)a supply or accumulation hidden or carefully guarded for preservation or future use:
a hoard of money; a hoard of food.
(v.t.)to accumulate a hoard of.
(v.i.)to accumulate a hoard.
Origin of hoard:
bef. 900; ME hord(e), OE hord, c. OHG hort, ON hodd, Go huzd treasure; akin to hide1, hide2
hoard′er(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
hoard, cache, stash(verb)
a secret store of valuables or money
hoard, stash, cache, lay away, hive up, squirrel away(verb)
save up as for future use
roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard(verb)
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"
Wiktionary
hoard(Noun)
A hidden, secret supply or fund.
hoard(Noun)
A cache of valuable objects or artefacts; a trove.
hoard(Verb)
To amass, usually for one's personal collection.
Webster Dictionary
Hoard(noun)
see Hoarding, 2
Hoard(noun)
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(verb)
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(verb)
to lay up a store or hoard, as of money
Translations for hoard
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
hoard(noun)
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, voorraadAfrikaans
- ذَخيرَة، كَنْزArabic
- запасBulgarian
- reservaPortuguese (BR)
- zásobaCzech
- der VorratGerman
- forråd; lagerDanish
- απόθεμαGreek
- provisiónSpanish
- tagavaraEstonian
- ذخيرهFarsi
- kätköFinnish
- réserveFrench
- מְלַאי, מַטמוֹןHebrew
- खजाना, गुप्त धनHindi
- zalihaCroatian
- (titkos) készletHungarian
- simpananIndonesian
- forðiIcelandic
- scortaItalian
- 貯蔵Japanese
- 비축물Korean
- atsargos, sankauposLithuanian
- (dārgumu, pārtikas u.tml.) slepens krājumsLatvian
- sorokanMalay
- voorraadDutch
- forråd; skjult skattNorwegian
- zapasPolish
- ذخيرهPersian
- زیرمهPashto
- reservaPortuguese
- rezervăRomanian
- (тайный) запасRussian
- zásobaSlovak
- (skrita) zalogaSlovenian
- riznicaSerbian
- förråd, lagerSwedish
- การกักตุนThai
- istif, stokTurkish
- 秘藏的東西，儲藏(寶物、食物等)Chinese (Trad.)
- запас; щось прихованеUkrainian
- ذخیرہUrdu
- kho; chỗ cất giữVietnamese
- 秘藏的东西，储藏Chinese (Simp.)
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