hoard
21hoard — {{11}}hoard (n.) O.E. hord treasure, valuable stock or store, from P.Gmc. *huzdam (Cf. O.S. hord treasure, hidden or inmost place, O.N. hodd, Ger. Hort, Goth. huzd treasure, lit. hidden treasure ), from PIE root * (s)keu to cover, conceal (see… …
22hoard — [[t]hɔ͟ː(r)d[/t]] hoards, hoarding, hoarded 1) VERB If you hoard things such as food or money, you save or store them, often in secret, because they are valuable or important to you. [V n] They ve begun to hoard food and gasoline and save their… …
23hoard — I UK [hɔː(r)d] / US [hɔrd] noun [countable] Word forms hoard : singular hoard plural hoards a large amount of something that someone has saved or hidden somewhere II UK [hɔː(r)d] / US [hɔrd] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms hoard :… …
24hoard — hoard1 [ hɔrd ] verb intransitive or transitive to get and keep a large amount of something because it might be valuable or useful later: Many people panicked and started hoarding food. ╾ hoard|er noun count hoard hoard 2 [ hɔrd ] noun count a… …
25hoard — noun a store of money or valued objects. ↘an amassed store of useful information. verb amass and hide or store away. Derivatives hoarder noun Origin OE hord (n.), hordian (v.), of Gmc origin. Usage The words hoard and horde are sometimes confused …
26hoard — I. noun Etymology: Middle English hord, from Old English; akin to Gothic huzd treasure, Old English hȳdan to hide Date: before 12th century a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away II. verb Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to …
27hoard — hoarder, n. /hawrd, hohrd/, n. 1. a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver. v.t. 2. to accumulate for preservation, future use, etc., in a hidden or carefully guarded… …
28hoard — [OE] Etymologically, a hoard is ‘that which one hides’. The word comes from a prehistoric Germanic *khuzdam, which was derived from the same base as the verb hide. (Hoarding [19], incidentally, is not etymologically connected; it comes from an… …
29hoard — 1 noun (C) a collection of things that someone keeps hidden because they like them or consider them to be valuable (+ of): He kept a little hoard of chocolates in his top drawer. 2 verb also hoard up (T) to collect and save large amounts of food …
30hoard — [OE] Etymologically, a hoard is ‘that which one hides’. The word comes from a prehistoric Germanic *khuzdam, which was derived from the same base as the verb hide. (Hoarding [19], incidentally, is not etymologically connected; it comes from an… …
