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Definition of Hoard
1. Verb. Save up as for future use. "They hoard the money in the closet"
Generic synonyms: Lay Aside, Save, Save Up
Derivative terms: Cache, Cache, Hoarder, Stash
2. Noun. A secret store of valuables or money.
3. Verb. Get or gather together. "They hoard the money in the closet"; "She rolled up a small fortune"
Specialized synonyms: Run Up, Corral, Collect, Pull In, Come Up, Scrape, Scrape Up, Scratch, Chunk, Lump, Bale, Catch, Fund, Fund
Generic synonyms: Hive Away, Lay In, Put In, Salt Away, Stack Away, Stash Away, Store
Derivative terms: Accumulation, Accumulation, Accumulative, Accumulative, Collecting, Collection, Compilation, Compilation
Definition of Hoard
1. n. See Hoarding, 2.
2. n. 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.
3. v. t. 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.
4. v. i. To lay up a store or hoard, as of money.
Definition of Hoard
1. Noun. A hidden, secret supply or fund. ¹
2. Noun. (archeology) A cache of valuable objects or artefacts; a trove. ¹
3. Verb. To amass, usually for one's personal collection. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hoard
1. to gather and store away [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Hoard
1. 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. Origin: 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoard
Literary usage of Hoard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Dept. of public instruction, Pennsylvania State library, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania State Library (1890)
"John Marks, hoard. John McDowell, per act 22d March, 1809. ... John Metz, hoard.
John McCarr, hoard. Bartholomy Meloy, per act of 29th January, 1814. ..."
2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"(9) JL hoard and JV Silverton, Inorg. Chem., 2, 235 (1963), рк comprehensive
descriptions and critical appraisals of the eight-coordination polyhedra. ..."
3. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"... at seven years end, upon tht draught, not one fish was left, but the two pikes
grown to> an excessive bigness. Ht-. 3. To lay up ; to hoard. ..."
4. Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of by Sussex Archaeological Society (1901)
"IN May,, a large hoard of Roman coins was discovered on the ground known as
Bullock Down, ... The hoard is a good specimen of a numerous class of hoards. ..."
5. Annual Report by Minneapolis (Minn.), Board of Park Commissioners (1903)
"hoard OF PARK COMMISSIONERS. LAKK *>F THK I PARKWAY. Art orney s Report".
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., JAN. 20. 1906. To the Honorable Board of Park Commissioners of ..."
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