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Definition of Hoard
1. Noun. A secret store of valuables or money.
2. 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
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. 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)
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