hoard
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /hɔɹd/Category:English 1-syllable words#HOARDCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#HOARD
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɔːd/Category:English 1-syllable words#HOARDCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#HOARD
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ho(ː)ɹd/Category:English 1-syllable words#HOARDCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#HOARD
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /hoəd/Category:English 2-syllable words#HOARDCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#HOARD
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#HOARDAudio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dCategory:Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)d#HOARDCategory:Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)d/1 syllable#HOARD
- Homophones: horde, whoredCategory:English terms with homophones#HOARD
Etymology 1
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#HOARDCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#HOARD hord, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#HOARDCategory:English terms derived from Old English#HOARD hord (“an accumulation of valuable objects cached for preservation or future use; treasure; hoard”), from Proto-West GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#HOARDCategory:English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#HOARD *hoʀd, from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#HOARDCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#HOARD *huzdą (“treasure; hoard”), of unknown origin, but possibly derived from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#HOARD *kewdʰ- (“to conceal, hide”), thus meaning “something hidden”.[1] Cognate with German Hort (“hoard; refuge”), Icelandic hodd (“treasure”), Latin cū̆stōs (“guard; keeper”).
For the meaning development, compare Russian сокро́вище (sokróvišče, “treasure”) related to Russian скрыва́ть (skryvátʹ, “to hide, to conceal”).
Noun
hoard (plural hoards)Category:English lemmas#HOARDCategory:English nouns#HOARDCategory:English countable nouns#HOARDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HOARDCategory:Pages with entries#HOARDCategory:Pages with 1 entry#HOARD
- A hidden supply or fund.
- a hoard of provisions; a hoard of moneyCategory:English terms with usage examples#HOARD
- 1861, Thomas Oswald Cockayne, Spoon and sparrow:
- 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, […]Category:English terms with quotations#HOARD
- 1968, Seaby's coin and medal bulletin, numbers 593-604, page 198:
- Occasionally Scots and Irish coins are also found. The gold hoards consist entirely of crown gold unites, half unites and quarter unites from the reigns of James I and Charles I.Category:English terms with quotations#HOARD
- (archaeologyCategory:en:Archaeology#HOARD) A cache of valuable objects or artefacts; a trove.
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Etymology 2
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#HOARDCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#HOARD horden, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#HOARDCategory:English terms derived from Old English#HOARD hordian, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#HOARDCategory:English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#HOARD *hoʀdōn.
Verb
hoard (third-person singular simple present hoards, present participle hoarding, simple past and past participle hoarded)Category:English lemmas#HOARDCategory:English verbs#HOARDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HOARDCategory:Pages with entries#HOARDCategory:Pages with 1 entry#HOARD
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#HOARD) To amass, usually for one's own private collection.
- 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XLIII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 66:
- The days have vanish’d, tone and tint,Category:English terms with quotations#HOARD
And yet perhaps the hoarding sense
Gives out at times (he knows not whence)
A little flash, a mystic hint; […]
- 1861, Thomas Oswald Cockayne, Spoon and sparrow:
- 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, […]Category:English terms with quotations#HOARD
- 1914, Margaret Bird Steinmetz, Leaves of Life:
- When we have new perception we shall gladly disburthen the memory of the hoarded treasures as old rubbish.Category:English terms with quotations#HOARD
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#HOARD) To save or reserve in one's mind for a future need or use.
Synonyms
- engross, uphoard; see also Thesaurus:amass
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References
- ↑ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*huzda-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 260
Etymology 3
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#HOARDCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#HOARD hord, whorde, from Anglo-NormanCategory:English terms derived from Anglo-Norman#HOARD hurde and Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#HOARD hourd, hourt (“barrier, palisade”), from Middle DutchCategory:English terms derived from Middle Dutch#HOARD horde, from Old DutchCategory:English terms derived from Old Dutch#HOARD *hurd, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#HOARD *hurdi (“wickerwork, braiding of branches, hurdle, scaffolding, military company”).
Noun
hoard (plural hoards)Category:English lemmas#HOARDCategory:English nouns#HOARDCategory:English countable nouns#HOARDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HOARDCategory:Pages with entries#HOARDCategory:Pages with 1 entry#HOARD
- A hoarding (temporary structure used during construction).
- A projecting structure (especially of wood) in a fortification, somewhat similar to and later superseded by the brattice.
- 1993, Christopher C. Henige, Church Fortification in the Périgord:
- Eventually, the wooden hoards gave way to similar stone constructions called bretèches. These served exactly the same purpose as the hoard, sometimes being built over the same corbel brackets that had once supported hoards […]Category:English terms with quotations#HOARD
- A hoarding (billboard).
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Etymology 4
Noun
hoardCategory:English non-lemma forms#HOARDCategory:English misspellings#HOARDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HOARDCategory:Pages with entries#HOARDCategory:Pages with 1 entry#HOARD
- Misspelling of hordeCategory:English misspellings#HOARD.
See also
Hoarding on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - hoard (archaeology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- horde