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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hoard \Hoard\, n. See {Hoarding}, 2. --Smart. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hoard \Hoard\, n. [OE. hord, AS hord; akin to OS hord, G. hort, Icel. hodd, Goth. huzd; prob. from the root of E. hide to conceal, and of L. custos guard, E. custody. See {Hide} to conceal.] 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hoard \Hoard\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hoarded}; p. pr & vb n. {Hoarding}.] [AS. hordian.] 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hoard \Hoard\, v. i. To lay up a store or hoard, as of money. To hoard for those whom he did breed. --Spenser. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hoard n : a secret store of valuables or money [syn: {cache}, {stash}] v 1: save up as for future use [syn: {stash}, {cache}, {lay away}, {hive up}, {squirrel away}] 2: get together [syn: {collect}, {accumulate}, {pile up}, {amass}, {compile}]
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