plural hoards
: a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away
a hoard of cash
hoarded; hoarding; hoards
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
Virginia Woolfthe people outside disperse their affections, you hoard yours, you nurse them into intensity—Joseph Conrad
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)
My Edmonds News (Edmonds, Washington)
plural hoards
: a temporary board fence put around a building being erected or repaired : hoarding entry 2 sense 1
Synonyms
Examples of hoard in a Sentence
Noun (1)
a squirrel's hoard of nuts
keeps a hoard of empty yogurt containers in his basement workshop for storing whatnots
Verb
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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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
Limos provide a front-row seat to the hysteria as hoards of humanity heave themselves at the windows, mouths agape in shock or screams.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Business units are hoarding information in isolated silos, data governance policies are outdated or ignored, and metadata management is often an afterthought.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
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Noun
According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), the hoard is worth more than $1 million.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
Limos provide a front-row seat to the hysteria as hoards of humanity heave themselves at the windows, mouths agape in shock or screams.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
Verb
Trump's Other Legal Issues Since the election, special counsel Jack Smith has dropped his two federal cases against Trump—one involving efforts to overturn the 2020 election, and the other centered on allegations of hoarding classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Business units are hoarding information in isolated silos, data governance policies are outdated or ignored, and metadata management is often an afterthought.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Hoard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hoard. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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