| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  hôrd, h rd |
| NOUN: | A hidden fund or supply stored for future use; a cache. | | VERB: | Inflected forms: hoard·ed, hoard·ing, hoards
| | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To gather or accumulate a hoard. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To accumulate a hoard of. 2. To keep hidden or private. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English hord, from Old English. See (s)keu- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | hoard er —NOUN
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