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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

hoard
    n 1: a secret store of valuables or money [syn: hoard,
         cache, stash]
    v 1: save up as for future use [syn: hoard, stash, cache,
         lay away, hive up, squirrel away]
    2: 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" [syn:
       roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass,
       compile, hoard]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Hoard \Hoard\, n.
   See Hoarding, 2. --Smart.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Hoard \Hoard\, n. [OE. hord, AS. hord; akin to OS. hord, G.
   hort, Icel. hodd, Goth. huzd; prob. from the root of E. hide
   to conceal, and of L. custos guard, E. custody. See Hide to
   conceal.]
   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.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Hoard \Hoard\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoarded; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Hoarding.] [AS. hordian.]
   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.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Hoard \Hoard\, v. i.
   To lay up a store or hoard, as of money.
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         To hoard for those whom he did breed.    --Spenser.
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Thesaurus Results for Hoard:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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