Definition of hoard
: a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away
- a hoard of cash
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Examples of hoard in a Sentence
a squirrel's hoard of nuts
keeps a hoard of empty yogurt containers in his basement workshop for storing whatnots
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The nightmare scenario is that China, which owns about 8% of the U.S. government’s public debt, could drive down bond prices by unloading even part of its hoard of Treasurys.
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For thousands of years, the return of the silver hoard to the Bristol Bay region controlled the lives of the people who lived there.
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As the Breitmans and Tezos came under ever more intense scrutiny, the value of the foundation’s crypto hoard escalated under their feet.
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Prepare your body to merge with the wild, hair-whipping hoards.
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Among the mysteries: why the country’s record hoard of currency reserves—often seen as shield against foreign-exchange volatility—did so little to stem the crisis.
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Capital Return Plans With sales of the iPhone X underwhelming, many investors have shifted focus to Apple’s swelling cash hoard and the potential for bigger capital returns.
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The overwhelming viral hoard triggers a strong response from the immune system, which sends battalions of white blood cells, antibodies and inflammatory molecules to eliminate the threat.
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Digital disruption eroded that model as advertisers began going directly to Facebook and Google to better target consumers, using the tech giants’ hoard of consumer data.
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Origin and Etymology of hoard
Middle English hord, from Old English; akin to Goth huzd treasure, Old English hȳdan to hide
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First Known Use: before 12th century
in the meaning defined above
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Related Words
coffers, deposit, funds, nest egg, savings, sinking fund, treasure;
inventory, pool, reserve, reservoir, stock;
Definition of hoard
hoarded;
hoarding;
hoards
1
: to collect and often hide away a supply of : to accumulate a hoard (see 1hoard) 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
: to collect and often hide away a supply of something : to accumulate a hoard (see 1hoard)
- a tendency to hoard
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hoarder
nounExamples of hoard in a Sentence
he's been hoarding empty yogurt containers all winter, with the intention of using them to start seedlings in the spring
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However, the Japanese giant hoards its best work for its own Alpha line of mirrorless cameras.
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My American friends assume Switzerland is a neutral, Nazi-gold-hoarding cocoon of chocolate-and-cheese-eating yodelers.
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The Lakers have spent the past year and a half hoarding salary cap space for free agency in 2018 and 2019, giving themselves the flexibility to build a championship roster.
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According to a news release from the Humane Society, their staff responded to a request from the Oconto County Sheriff's Office to evacuate cats discovered as part of a hoarding situation last week.
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Of course, football is a business, and the Blues board are well within their rights to hoard and hone Europe's top talents, before selling them on for a profit.
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The Browns, who had been hoarding draft picks the last several years, traded a third-round pick in 2018 for Taylor.
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The new owner of Untitled, Yusaku Maezawa, has indicated that the proper fate of the painting is not to be hoarded, but to be seen.
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From a cult jet lag-preventing mask to a matcha-infused, antioxidant miracle cream, here are 19 masks to hoard all season long.
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Origin and Etymology of hoard
see 1hoard
NEW! Time Traveler
First Known Use: before 12th century
in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
See Words from the same yearhoard Synonyms
Synonyms
cache, lay away, lay by, lay in, lay up, put by, salt away, squirrel (away), stash, stockpile, store, stow, treasure;
Near Antonyms
cast, discard, ditch, dump, fling (off or away), jettison, throw away, throw out, unload;
consume, squander, use up, waste;
hand out, hand over, relinquish, surrender;
blow, dissipate, fritter (away), lavish, misspend, run through, spend;
Related Words
accumulate, acquire, amass, assemble, collect, concentrate, garner, gather, pick up, round up, scrape (together);
bank, coffer, deposit, hold, keep, reserve, retain, save, set by, stock, withhold;
Phrases
set aside;
HOARD Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of hoard for English Language Learners
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: a large amount of something valuable that is kept hidden
hoard
Definition of hoard for English Language Learners
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: to collect and hide a large amount of (something valuable)
HOARD Defined for Kids
Definition of hoard for Students
: a supply usually of something of value stored away or hidden
Definition of hoard for Students
hoarded;
hoarding
: to gather and store away
- Squirrels hoard nuts for winter.
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