Definition of hoard Hoard

/hɔˈɹd/ - [hord] - hoard

We found 14 definitions of hoard from 6 different sources.

What does hoard mean?

Noun Plural: hoards
hoard - a secret store of valuables or money
		cache, stash
		fund, store, stock a reserve of money set aside for some purpose
Verb hoards, hoarding, hoarded
hoard - save up as for future use
		stash, cache, lay away, hive up, squirrel away
		lay aside, save up, save make unnecessary an expenditure or effort; "This will save money"; "I'll save you the trouble"; "This will save you a lot of time"
hoard - get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"
		roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile
		hive away, lay in, salt away, stack away, stash away, store, put in keep or lay aside for future use; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat"
		run up pile up (debts or scores)
		corral collect or gather; "corralling votes for an election"
		pull in, collect of trains; move into (a station); "The bullet train drew into Tokyo Station"
		scrape up, scrape, scratch, come up scratch repeatedly; "The cat scraped at the armchair"
		chunk, lump put together indiscriminately; "lump together all the applicants"
		bale make into a bale; "bale hay"
		catch contract; "did you catch a cold?"
		fund furnish money for; "The government funds basic research in many areas"
		fund furnish money for; "The government funds basic research in many areas"

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hoard (n.)
See Hoarding, 2.
hoard (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.
hoard (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.
hoard (v. i.)
To lay up a store or hoard, as of money.

hoard
hōrd, n. a store: a hidden stock: a treasure: a place for hiding anything.—v.t. to store: to amass and deposit in secret.—v.i. to store up: to collect and form a hoard.—n. Hoard′er. [A.S. hord; Ice. hodd, Ger. hort.]
hoard
hōrd, Hoarding, hōrd′ing, n. a hurdle or fence enclosing a house and materials while builders are at work: any boarding on which bills are posted. [From O. Fr. hurdis—hurt, hourt, hourd, a palisade.]

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hoard in sign language