To hoard is to save something (or lots of things) for future use. Squirrels hoard nuts for the winter. Old ladies tend to hoard canned food and used plastic bags.
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Noun
a secret store of valuables or money
Verb
get or gather together; "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"
Verb
save up as for future use
n.
See Hoarding, 2.
n.
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.
v. t.
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.
v. i.
To lay up a store or hoard, as of money.
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A store, stock, or quantity of anything accumulated or laid up; a hidden supply; a treasure;
To collect and lay up; to amass and deposit in secret; to store secretly, or for the sake of keeping and accumulating;
To lay up a store or hoard, as of money.
Usage Examples
As to those who hoard gold and silver and spend it not in God's path, give them, then, the tidings of a painful agony: on a day when these things shall be heated in hell-fire, and their foreheads, and their sides, and their backs shall be branded therewith.
When a nation is over-reliant on one or two commodities like oil or precious minerals, corrupt government ministers and their dodgy associates hoard profits and taxes instead of properly allocating them to schools and hospitals.
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Other Usage ExamplesPeople who overly take care of their health are like misers. They hoard up a treasure which they never enjoy.
Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard.
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