name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
hoard
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /hɔɹd/
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Received-Pronunciation: /hɔːd/
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/ho(ː)ɹd/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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/hoəd/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)d
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homophone: horde
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homophone: whored
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CMU ARPABET: HH AO1 R D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A hidden supply or fund.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money
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noun
Meaning 3
A cache of valuable objects or artefacts; a trove.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
A hoarding (temporary structure used during construction).
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noun
Meaning 5
A projecting structure (especially of wood) in a fortification, somewhat similar to and later superseded by the brattice.
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noun
Meaning 6
A hoarding (billboard).
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noun
Meaning 7
Misspelling of horde.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, misspelling
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verb
Meaning 8
To amass, usually for one's own private collection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 9
To save or reserve in one's mind for a future need or use.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 10
a secret store of valuables or money
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cache, stash
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: store, stock, fund
verb
Meaning 11
get or gather together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife
- She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis
- She rolled up a small fortune
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: store, hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away
Narrower terms: run up, corral, collect, pull in, scrape, scrape up, scratch, come up, lump, chunk, bale, catch, fund
verb
Meaning 12
save up as for future use
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stash, cache, lay away, hive up, squirrel away
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: save, lay aside, save up
History
Etymology
From Middle English hord, from Old English hord (“an accumulation of valuable objects cached for preservation or future use; treasure; hoard”), from Proto-West Germanic *hoʀd, from Proto-Germanic *huzdą (“treasure; hoard”), of unknown origin, but possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *kewdh- (“to conceal, hide”), thus meaning “something hidden”. Cognate with German Hort (“hoard; refuge”), Icelandic hodd (“treasure”), Latin cū̆stōs (“guard; keeper”). For the meaning development, compare Russian сокро́вище (sokróvišče, “treasure”) related to Russian скрыва́ть (skryvátʹ, “to hide, to conceal”).
From Middle English hord, whorde, from Anglo-Norman hurde and Old French hourd, hourt (“barrier, palisade”), from Middle Dutch horde, from Old Dutch *hurd, from Proto-West Germanic *hurdi (“wickerwork, braiding of branches, hurdle, scaffolding, military company”).
From Middle English horden, from Old English hordian, from Proto-West Germanic *hoʀdōn.
Across languages
Translations
126 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: запас (zapas) — hidden supply
- Bulgarian: съкровище (sǎkrovište) — hidden supply
- Catalan: reserva — hidden supply
- Czech: zásoba — hidden supply
- Czech: hromada — hidden supply
- Danish: forråd — hidden supply
- Danish: skat — hidden supply
- Finnish: kätkö — hidden supply
- French: magot — hidden supply
- German: Hort — hidden supply
- German: Vorrat — hidden supply
- Greek: θησαυρός (thisavrós) — hidden supply
- Greek: απόθεμα (apóthema) — hidden supply
- Hebrew: מַטְמוֹן (matmón) — hidden supply
- Hindi: निधि (nidhi) — hidden supply
- Hungarian: kincs — hidden supply
- Hungarian: rejtett/titkos felhalmozott készlet — hidden supply
- Italian: scorta — hidden supply
- Italian: gruzzolo — hidden supply
- Northern Kurdish: veşartin — hidden supply
- Māori: whakaputunga — hidden supply
- Middle English: hord — hidden supply
- Old English: hord — hidden supply
- Russian: запа́с (zapás) — hidden supply
- Spanish: acaparamiento — hidden supply
- Spanish: tesoro — hidden supply
- Spanish: guardado — hidden supply
- Tagalog: dinaha — hidden supply
- Catalan: tresor — archeology: cache of valuable objects
- Czech: depot — archeology: cache of valuable objects
- Danish: skattefund — archeology: cache of valuable objects
- Danish: skat — archeology: cache of valuable objects
- Danish: depotfund — archeology: cache of valuable objects
- Finnish: aarre — archeology: cache of valuable objects
- Finnish: aarrekätkö — archeology: cache of valuable objects
- French: trésor — archeology: cache of valuable objects
- Galician: tesouro — archeology: cache of valuable objects
- Greek: θησαυρός (thisavrós) — archeology: cache of valuable objects
- Hebrew: מַטְמוֹן (matmón) — archeology: cache of valuable objects
- Italian: scoperta — archeology: cache of valuable objects
- Italian: rinvenimento — archeology: cache of valuable objects
- Italian: tesoro — archeology: cache of valuable objects
- Kalmyk: зөөр (zöör) — archeology: cache of valuable objects
- Northern Kurdish: xezîne — archeology: cache of valuable objects
- Portuguese: tesouro — archeology: cache of valuable objects
- Spanish: tesoro (arqueológico) — archeology: cache of valuable objects
- Amharic: አከማቸ (ʾäkämačä) — to amass
- Bulgarian: събирам (sǎbiram) — to amass
- Bulgarian: трупам (trupam) — to amass
- Catalan: acaparar — to amass
- Catalan: abassegar — to amass
- Chinese Mandarin: 囤積 /囤积 (túnjī) — to amass
- Chinese Mandarin: 貯藏 /贮藏 (zhùcáng) — to amass
- Czech: hromadit — to amass
- Czech: nahromadit — to amass
- Czech: schovávat si — to amass
- Czech: shromáždit — to amass
- Czech: nashromáždit — to amass
- Czech: dělat si zásoby — to amass
- Czech: nadělat si zásoby — to amass
- Czech: křečkovat — to amass
- Czech: syslit — to amass
- Danish: samle — to amass
- Danish: hamstre — to amass
- Danish: puge — to amass
- Dutch: ophopen — to amass
- Dutch: verzamelen — to amass
- Dutch: hamsteren — to amass
- Dutch: oppotten — to amass
- Esperanto: akumuli — to amass
- Esperanto: kolekti — to amass
- Esperanto: hamstri — to amass
- Finnish: kerätä — to amass
- Finnish: kerryttää — to amass
- Finnish: hamstrata — to amass
- Finnish: kahmia — to amass
- Finnish: rohmuta — to amass
- Finnish: ahnehtia — to amass
- Finnish: haalia — to amass
- Finnish: kasata — to amass
- Finnish: koota — to amass
- Finnish: varastoida — to amass
- French: accumuler — to amass
- French: amasser — to amass
- French: thésauriser — to amass
- German: horten — to amass
- Greek: αποθησαυρίζω (apothisavrízo) — to amass
- Greek: συσσωρεύω (syssorévo) — to amass
- Hungarian: felhalmoz — to amass
- Hungarian: betáraz — to amass
- Hungarian: bespájzol — to amass
- Hungarian: gyűjt — to amass
- Hungarian: gyűjtöget — to amass
- Hungarian: készletez — to amass
- Hungarian: összehord — to amass
- Hungarian: összegyűjt — to amass
- Ido: trezorifar — to amass
- Ido: amasigar — to amass
- Ido: amaseskar (sekrete) — to amass
- Ido: akumular — to amass
- Italian: accumulare — to amass
- Italian: tesaurizzare — to amass
- Italian: collezionare — to amass
- Northern Kurdish: kom kirin — to amass
- Northern Kurdish: civandin — to amass
- Northern Kurdish: berhev kirin — to amass
- Lao: ກັກຕຸນ (kak tun) — to amass
- Latin: accumulō — to amass
- Latin: compercō — to amass
- Māori: makitaunu — to amass
- Māori: whakapūranga — to amass
- Norwegian: hamstre — to amass
- Polish: gromadzić — to amass
- Portuguese: acumular — to amass
- Russian: запаса́ть (zapasátʹ) — to amass
- Russian: запасти́ (zapastí) — to amass
- Russian: копить (kopitʹ) — to amass
- Scottish Gaelic: taisg — to amass
- Spanish: acaparar — to amass
- Spanish: amasar — to amass
- Spanish: atesorar — to amass
- Tagalog: magdaha — to amass
- Tamil: பதுக்கு (patukku) — to amass
- Thai: กักตุน — to amass
- Vietnamese: tích trữ — to amass
- Vietnamese: trữ — to amass
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