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
Recent Examples of hoard from the Web
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In the summer of 2017, the smell set in, and the city started seeing hoards of flies, according to attorney Mark Parnell, who represents West Jefferson.
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His hoard of evidence does not really need to add up.
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Gabe Kapler loves to dead lift 555 pounds, hoard statistical analyses and fire up his players.
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The revolt—the uprising of tribes on the Arabian peninsula against Ottoman occupation—would lead, with outside help and a hoard of British gold, to the reshaping of the Middle East.
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California hoards more than half of that rain as snowfall on the tops of the Sierras.
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As of Thursday, the hoard stood at 72.9 million ounces, the highest since May 2013.
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Former village-level Aadhaar operators were suspected of accessing the database illegally and offering hoards of data to buyers, as reported this year in the Tribune, an Indian English-language newspaper.
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The plan all along was to show something, to run routes, to catch, before the hoard of NFL scouts and personnel men than made the trip to State College.
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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
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: to collect and often hide away a supply of : to accumulate a hoard (see 1hoard) of
- hoarding food
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: 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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Unlike Girl Scout cookies, these chocolate chickpea poppers will be available year-round, which may inspire you to stop hoarding Thin Mints in the freezer.
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But that’s the kind of thing that could just emerge from the study of hoarding behavior.
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Airport slots would be allocated more fairly, so that the best landing and take-off times were not hoarded.
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Players are fighting an enemy that’s much closer to home: a gun-hoarding cult whose imagery evokes separatist militias and fundamentalist Christianity.
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In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order creating the Civilian Conservation Corps and an anti-hoarding order that effectively prohibited private ownership of gold.
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In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order creating the Civilian Conservation Corps and an anti-hoarding order that effectively prohibited private ownership of gold.
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These children may develop strange behaviors around food, like hoarding or even eating garbage.
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For many who can't afford to buy and hoard large amounts, the potential returns, including dividends, can seem promising.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'hoard.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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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