hoard
noun (1)
\ ˈhȯrd
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plural hoards
Definition of hoard
(Entry 1 of 3)
: a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away
a hoard of cash
hoard
verb
hoarded;
hoarding;
hoards
Definition of hoard (Entry 2 of 3)
1
: to collect and often hide away a supply of : to accumulate a hoard (see hoard entry 1) 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
specifically
: to engage in compulsive hoarding
One thing people who hoard have in common is a skewed perceived value of possessions. — My Edmonds News (Edmonds, Washington)