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hoard

1 of 3

noun (1)

plural hoards
: a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away
a hoard of cash

hoard

2 of 3

verb

hoarded; hoarding; hoards

transitive verb

1
: to collect and often hide away a supply of : to accumulate a hoard (see hoard entry 1) of
hoarding food
2
: to keep (something, such as one's thoughts) to oneself
she hoarded her intention Virginia Woolf
the people outside disperse their affections, you hoard yours, you nurse them into intensity Joseph Conrad

intransitive verb

: to collect and often hide away a supply of something
specifically : to engage in compulsive hoarding
One thing people who hoard have in common is a skewed perceived value of possessions. My Edmonds News (Edmonds, Washington)

hoard

3 of 3

noun (2)

plural hoards
: a temporary board fence put around a building being erected or repaired : hoarding entry 2 sense 1

Example Sentences

Noun (1) a squirrel's hoard of nuts keeps a hoard of empty yogurt containers in his basement workshop for storing whatnots Verb he's been hoarding empty yogurt containers all winter, with the intention of using them to start seedlings in the spring
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
That cash hoard is partly a legacy of the time when Robinhood had to scramble to meet its obligations in early 2021 during the meme-stock surge. Telis Demos, WSJ, 14 Aug. 2022 Highlights include the Solberga hoard, discovered by two boys in 1955 and featuring more than 2,000 coins and pieces of jewelry. David Nikel, Forbes, 13 June 2022 Team USA ended Sunday with a hoard of medals, taking a commanding lead in the medal count. oregonlive, 17 July 2022 Criminalizing a medical procedure and unleashing a hoard of police and prosecutors to round up women and doctors and Uber drivers is draconian. CNN, 27 June 2022 Weighing in at a total of 33 pounds, the find represents the largest single hoard of ancient Roman silver ever found in Bavaria, Ancient Origins reports. Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Nov. 2021 But upon its return, Toyota didn’t engineer its own car, despite being the largest automaker in the world and possessing a large enough cash hoard to fund it. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 11 June 2022 Stevie can do a hoard of manual chores such as making deliveries or picking up a list of items in a hospital. Naveen Joshi, Forbes, 6 June 2022 Earlier this year, a badger in northwest Spain made headlines after digging up a hoard of more than 90 ancient coins, as Jack Guy reported for CNN in January. Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 May 2022
Verb
Fresh from seeing rich countries hoard covid vaccines, African and Asian nations have been working to develop new pharmaceutical hubs and partnerships, have the capacity to tackle future health emergencies independently. Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 1 Sep. 2022 Writing Peep Show with Sam [Bain], we were given good advice at some point to not try and hoard your material as a writer. Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Aug. 2022 And, most importantly, the cash hoard and inexpensive current valuation provide plenty of comfort for those of us with a value-investing bias. John Buckingham, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022 And member states would not be permitted to hoard natural gas for national use in their storage facilities when others are suffering shortages. New York Times, 26 July 2022 The unprecedented demand, combined with supply chain shocks and pandemic shutdowns, has caused critical shortages of some chips, shuttering factories and forcing companies to redesign or reengineer products and hoard components. Wired, 26 July 2022 Give it to neighbors or teachers of friends or hoard it all for yourself. Jessie Sheehan, Bon Appétit, 9 Feb. 2022 Jennifer and Jordan Turpin said their mother would buy children’s clothes, games and toys, but hoard them. Christina Ng, ABC News, 18 Nov. 2021 While the idea of a menstrual product shortage may incite panic, supply chain experts urge consumers not to hoard products. Sarah Swetlik | Sswetlik@al.com, al, 16 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1) and Verb

Middle English hord, from Old English; akin to Goth huzd treasure, Old English hȳdan to hide

First Known Use

Noun (1)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Noun (2)

1757, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hoard was before the 12th century

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