hoard

/hɔərd/

/hɔd/

Other forms: hoarded; hoards

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.

People have been using the word hoard for both "to hide" and "treasure" for centuries; as both a verb and as a noun. Some hoard valuables, such as money, jewelry, and family antiques. Others build up a hoard, or cache, of things that aren't worth money but are important to them — like comic books or match books.

Definitions of hoard

1. noun

   a secret store of valuables or money
   synonyms: cache, stash

   type of:

   fund, stock, store

   a supply of something available for future use
2. verb

   get or gather together
   synonyms: accumulate, amass, collect, compile, pile up, roll up

   types:

   run up

   pile up (debts or scores)

   corral

   collect or gather

   collect, pull in

   get or bring together

   come up, scrape, scrape up, scratch

   gather (money or other resources) together over time

   chunk, lump

   put together indiscriminately

   bale

   make into a bale

   catch

   take in and retain

   fund

   accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability

   fund

   place or store up in a fund for accumulation

   archive, file away

   put into an archive

   nickel-and-dime

   accumulate gradually

   beat up, drum up, rally

   gather

   type of:

   hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away, store

   keep or lay aside for future use
3. verb

   save up as for future use
   synonyms: cache, hive up, lay away, squirrel away, stash

   type of:

   lay aside, save, save up

   accumulate money for future use