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1 hoard
[ho:d] 1. noun(a (sometimes hidden) store (of treasure, food etc): When she was supposed to be on a diet she secretly kept a hoard of potato crisps in a cupboard.) rezervă2. verb(to store up or keep large quantities of (something), often in secret: His mother told him to stop hoarding old newspapers.) a păstra- hoarder -
2 treasure
['treʒə] 1. noun1) (a store of money, gold, jewels etc: The miser kept a secret hoard of treasure; ( also adjective) a treasure chest.) comoară2) (something very valuable: Our babysitter is a real treasure!) comoară2. verb1) (to value; to think of as very valuable: I treasure the hours I spend in the country.) a preţui2) (to keep (something) carefully because one values it: I treasure the book you gave me.) a păstra ca pe o comoară•- treasurer
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hoard — I noun accumulation, acervus, aggregation, amassment, cache, collection, copia, cumulation, fund, heap, mass, repository, reserves, riches, saving, stack, stock, stockpile, store, supply, treasure II verb accrue, accumulate, acquire, agglomerate … Law dictionary
hoard´er — hoard «hrd, hohrd», verb, noun. –v.t. to save and store away: »The squirrel hoarded nuts for the winter. The miser hoarded his money. SYNONYM(S): treasure, amass, accumulate. –v.i. to save and store away money, goods, etc. –n. what is saved and… … Useful english dictionary
hoard — ► NOUN 1) a store of money or valued objects. 2) an amassed store of useful information. ► VERB ▪ amass and hide or store away. DERIVATIVES hoarder noun. ORIGIN Old English … English terms dictionary
hoard — ▪ I. hoard hoard 2 noun [countable] a store of money or goods kept to be used or sold in the future: • The company has a large cash hoard. [m0] ▪ II. hoard hoard 1 [hɔːd ǁ hɔːrd] verb [transitive] to collect and save large amounts of something… … Financial and business terms
hoard — I. noun Etymology: Middle English hord, from Old English; akin to Gothic huzd treasure, Old English hȳdan to hide Date: before 12th century a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away II. verb Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to … New Collegiate Dictionary
hoard — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, large, major, vast ▪ one of the biggest hoards of Roman coins ever found ▪ small ▪ cash … Collocations dictionary
hoard — [[t]hɔ͟ː(r)d[/t]] hoards, hoarding, hoarded 1) VERB If you hoard things such as food or money, you save or store them, often in secret, because they are valuable or important to you. [V n] They ve begun to hoard food and gasoline and save their… … English dictionary
hoard — I UK [hɔː(r)d] / US [hɔrd] noun [countable] Word forms hoard : singular hoard plural hoards a large amount of something that someone has saved or hidden somewhere II UK [hɔː(r)d] / US [hɔrd] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms hoard :… … English dictionary
hoard — hoard1 [ hɔrd ] verb intransitive or transitive to get and keep a large amount of something because it might be valuable or useful later: Many people panicked and started hoarding food. ╾ hoard|er noun count hoard hoard 2 [ hɔrd ] noun count a… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
hoard — noun a store of money or valued objects. ↘an amassed store of useful information. verb amass and hide or store away. Derivatives hoarder noun Origin OE hord (n.), hordian (v.), of Gmc origin. Usage The words hoard and horde are sometimes confused … English new terms dictionary
hoard — [OE] Etymologically, a hoard is ‘that which one hides’. The word comes from a prehistoric Germanic *khuzdam, which was derived from the same base as the verb hide. (Hoarding [19], incidentally, is not etymologically connected; it comes from an… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
