hoard

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US /hɔrd/ UK /hɔːd/ See IPA manual

Homophones

horde /hɔrd/

Meanings

1

verb
to accumulate and hide away a store of something

The miser hoarded gold coins beneath the floorboards for decades.

Verb forms

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Synonyms

1 verb · to accumulate and hide away... stockpile amass accumulatestashstore cache squirrel

Opposites

squander dissipate disperse distribute spend

Word family

Derived forms hoarderhoarding

Related forms hoardable

Simplified etymology

Hoard is an Old English word of Germanic origin meaning a concealed stock or store. Despite their similar spelling, it is unrelated to horde.

Etymology

From Old English hord ('treasure, store, accumulated wealth'), from Proto-Germanic *huzdą, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keus- ('to cover, conceal').

hord Old English *huzdą Proto-Germanic *(s)keus- Proto-Indo-European

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# hoard

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /hɔrd/
**IPA (UK):** /hɔːd/

## Meanings
1. to accumulate and hide away a store of something

## Examples
- The miser hoarded gold coins beneath the floorboards for decades.

## Synonyms
- stockpile
- amass
- accumulate
- stash
- store
- cache
- squirrel

## Antonyms
- squander
- dissipate
- disperse
- distribute
- spend

## Derived Forms
- hoarder
- hoarding

## Related Forms
- hoardable

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: hord
- Root: *huzdą
- Root: *(s)keus-

## Etymology
From Old English hord ('treasure, store, accumulated wealth'), from Proto-Germanic *huzdą, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keus- ('to cover, conceal').

## AI Etymology
Hoard comes from Old English hord ('treasure, store, accumulated wealth'), from Proto-Germanic *huzdą, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keus- ('to cover, conceal'). The etymological trail includes Old English hord, Proto-Germanic *huzdą, and Proto-Indo-European *(s)keus-. As a verb, hoard means to accumulate and hide away a store of something. The same family is visible in derived forms such as hoarder and hoarding and related forms such as hoardable.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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