hoard
noun
- collection of valuable objects or artifacts
verb
- to accumulate a hoard
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /hɔɹd/ / /hɔːd/ / /ho(ː)ɹd/
name
- A surname.
noun
- Misspelling of horde.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English horden, from Old English hordian, from Proto-West Germanic *hoʀdōn.
- To amass, usually for one's own private collection.
“The days have vanish’d, tone and tint, And yet perhaps the hoarding sense Gives out at times (he knows not whence) A little flash, a mystic hint; […]”
“Be ye not willing to hoard to you gold hoards on earth, where rust and moth fortake it, and where thieves delve it and forsteal, […]”
- To save or reserve in one's mind for a future need or use.