hoard - Longman Dictionary

hoard ; hoard1 /hɔːdhɔːrd/ verb [transitive] ; Banks must be discouraged from hoarding dollars.He accused big companies of hoarding available stocks of grain. hoardFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishhoardhoard1/hɔːd$hɔːrd/noun[countable]    KEEP/STOREacollectionofthingsthatsomeonehidessomewhere,especiallysotheycanusethemlaterhoardof  thediscoveryofahoardofgoldcoinsExamplesfromtheCorpushoard•Thiswassupposedtobeasetofprofessionalfence-buildingequipment,butactuallylookedlikeahoardofjunk.•Butsincepeoplesometimestiedmoneyintotheknotofalargekerchief,italsomeansahoardofmoney.•Thedistributionofhoardsmightalsobeexpectedtoreflectpatternsofwarfareandofwealth.•Andsomewhereinsideit,wasthePresleyhoard,orwasgoingtoberealshortly.•Ikeptmyownsecrethoardofchocolatecookiesinabigtinunderthesink.•Norcanthehoardsbecloselyrelatedtothecampaignsofthewar.hoardof•ahoardofweaponshoardhoard2(alsohoardup)verb[transitive]    KEEP/STOREtocollectandsavelargeamountsoffood,moneyetc,especiallywhenitisnotnecessarytodoso  familieswhohoardedfoodduringthestrike—hoardernoun[countable]  I’mahoarderwhenitcomestoclothes.→SeeVerbtableExamplesfromtheCorpushoard•Typically,sodiumionsareexcludedandpotassiumionsarehoarded.•Thattendstomakepeoplewanttohoard.•Everyoneknowsitisillegaltohoardaspot.•Lifeishoardedelsewherebyothers.•Mygrandmotherhoardseverything-jamjars,plasticbags,piecesofstring-herhouseisamess.•They'vebeenhoardingfoodandwater,convincedthatsomekindofcatastropheiscoming.•Allthosewordshehadhoardedforsolongandreleasedsogrudgingly.•Torney,whohoardsoldHarley-Davidsonmetallicsignsforhisownpleasure,wasproudofhispurchasethatSunday.•Somegasolinedealersbeganhoardingsupplies.•Hehadhoardedthebutt-endsofcandlesasanotherprisonerwouldhoardpiecesoffood.•Thesecret,almostinaccessiblehavenwheretheblack-robedsavantshoardedthewisdomthatsustainedthepeopleofArcadia.FromLongmanBusinessDictionaryhoardhoard1/hɔːdhɔːrd/verb[transitive]tocollectandsavelargeamountsofsomethinginordertosellitlateratahighpriceorbecauseyouthinktheremightnotbeenoughavailableinthefutureBanksmustbediscouragedfromhoardingdollars.Heaccusedbigcompaniesofhoardingavailablestocksofgrain.—hoardernoun[countable]Americaisthebiggestofficialgoldhoarder.→SeeVerbtablehoardhoard2noun[countable]astoreofmoneyorgoodskepttobeusedorsoldinthefutureThecompanyhasalargecashhoard.Originhoard1OldEnglishhord Quizzes Quizzes Takeourquickquizzestopractiseyourvocabulary. Wehavethousandsofsix-questionquizzestotry. Choosefromcollocations,synonyms,phrasalverbsandmore. Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics Tax Clothes Electricity Clothes&fashion Seealltopics Wordoftheday punctuationmark asign,suchasacommaorquestionmark,usedtodivideapieceofwritingintosentences,phrasesetc VerbtablehoardPresentI,you,we,theyhoardhe,she,ithoards >ViewMore PastI,you,he,she,it,we,theyhoardedPresentperfectI,you,we,theyhavehoardedhe,she,ithashoardedPastperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theyhadhoardedFutureI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillhoardFutureperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillhavehoarded >ViewLess PresentIamhoardinghe,she,itishoarding >ViewMore you,we,theyarehoardingPastI,he,she,itwashoardingyou,we,theywerehoardingPresentperfectI,you,we,theyhavebeenhoardinghe,she,ithasbeenhoardingPastperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theyhadbeenhoardingFutureI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillbehoardingFutureperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillhavebeenhoarding >ViewLess