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- Dictionaryhoard/hɔːd/
noun
- 1. a stock or store of money or valued objects, typically one that is secret or carefully guarded: "he came back to rescue his little hoard of gold"
verb
- 1. accumulate (money or valued objects) and hide or store away: "thousands of antiques hoarded by a compulsive collector"
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to keep a large number of things that are not needed or have no value, because you are suffering from a mental condition: She hoarded dirty bottles, old newspapers, broken appliances, even plastic bags from cereal boxes. Psychiatrists are not sure what makes a person start hoarding. Fewer examples. I was hoarding candles in case of a power cut.
: 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.
to collect large amounts of something and keep it for yourself, often in a secret place: During the siege people began hoarding food and supplies. There would be enough food on a daily basis if people were not hoarding. Synonym. stash informal.
Hoard is a verb meaning to accumulate things and closely guard them, often in a greedy or excessive way, as in Dragons are known for hoarding treasure. It can also be used as a noun to collectively refer to the things that have been accumulated, as in a hoard of treasure.
A hoard is a store of things that you have saved and that are valuable or important to you or you do not want other people to have. The case involves a hoard of silver and jewels valued at up to $40m.
To hoard is to save something (or lots of things) for future use. Squirrels hoard nuts for the winter. Old ladies tend to hoard canned food and used plastic bags.
hoard (of something) a collection of money, food, valuable objects, etc., especially one that somebody keeps in a secret place so that other people will not find or steal it. They dug up a hoard of Roman coins.
