hoard

  • 1Hoard — (engl. für Depotfund) ist der Name folgender Personen: Leroy Hoard (* 1968), US amerikanischer Footballspieler Charles B. Hoard (1805 1886), US amerikanischer Politiker William D. Hoard (1836 1918), US amerikanischer Politiker Orte: Hoard (Texas) …

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  • 2Hoard — 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… …

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  • 3Hoard — Hoard, v. i. To lay up a store or hoard, as of money. [1913 Webster] To hoard for those whom he did breed. Spenser. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 4Hoard — 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. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 5hoard´er — hoard «hrd, hohrd», verb, noun. –v.t. to save and store away: »The squirrel hoarded nuts for the winter. The miser hoarded his money. SYNONYM(S): treasure, amass, accumulate. –v.i. to save and store away money, goods, etc. –n. what is saved and… …

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  • 6Hoard — Hoard, n. See {Hoarding}, 2. Smart. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 7hoard — I noun accumulation, acervus, aggregation, amassment, cache, collection, copia, cumulation, fund, heap, mass, repository, reserves, riches, saving, stack, stock, stockpile, store, supply, treasure II verb accrue, accumulate, acquire, agglomerate …

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  • 8hoard — hoard, horde A hoard is a large stock or store of money or accumulated objects (in archaeology, for example); a horde is a large collection of people or animals, and is used in the singular or plural, often disparagingly: • A horde of football… …

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  • 9hoard — [n] stockpile abundance, accumulation, agglomeration, aggregation, amassment, backlog, cache, collection, conglomeration, cumulation, fund, garner, heap, inventory, mass, nest egg*, pile, reserve, reservoir, riches, stock, store, supply, treasure …

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  • 10Hoard — (engl., spr. hōrd), Schatz (Hort); Hoards, Vorräte, insbes. im englischen Bankwesen die Summen von Edelmetall, die sich an der Bank anhäufen, ohne augenblicklich geschäftliche Verwendung zu finden …

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