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to hoard

to hoard

45 4.8
To collect and keep large amounts of food or other things for future use
  • verb
  • /hɔrd/
translation icon : acumular
  • Some people aren't buying their share of the toilet paper; some people are hoarding toilet paper.
  • hoard money
  • hoard wealth
  • hoard materials

Why is it that I will hoard gift cards for years?

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Examples

  • We don't want to hoard our currency and say this is good.

  • So we hoard more inventory as supply chains smooth out.

  • Why is it that I will hoard gift cards for years?

    Pretty Basic Podcast

  • People are moving from city to city trying to hoard food.

    Deadly Harvest (1977)

  • The crew had hoarded the remaining food.

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  • Experts say that China is hoarding a massive amount of food.

    Megyn Kelly

  • People start hoarding things, they're afraid they're going to run out.

    WIRED

  • During the pandemic, many people began to hoard essential supplies such as toilet paper and canned food.

  • She decided to hoard her favorite books in a special box for when she would read them later.

  • As a child, he would hoard all his toys, worried he might not get new ones again.

Synonyms

to save
vsto hoard
∞ 1.0

Keep something for use later

carries stronger secrecy and emphasis on very large amounts
to collect
vsto hoard
499 1.1

To bring things or people together in one place

adds secrecy and the idea of storing very large amounts over time
to store
vsto hoard
463 1.0

To put something away to use later

implies secretive long-term gathering on a large scale
to accumulate
vsto hoard
174 3.4

To gather more and more of something over time

adds secretive intent and focus on very large stored quantities
to reserve
vsto hoard
145 3.1

To keep something for a particular person or purpose

is broader and can include secret long-term stockpiling
to stash
vsto hoard
  • Informal
144 5.1

To hide money or things in a secret place for later

is similar but implies larger, long-term secret collection
to compile
vsto hoard
134 4.1

To collect and arrange information and materials into a list or book

is about secret physical accumulation rather than organizing lists
to pile up
vsto hoard
83 3.1

To put things on top of each other until they make a heap

is more about secret long-term accumulation than just piling
to amass
vsto hoard
66 4.8

To collect a lot of something over time

adds secrecy and intent to keep the large amount for later
to stock up
vsto hoard
39 2.9

Buy a large supply of something to use later

is similar but can add secret long-term hoarding intent
to stock up on
vsto hoard
27 2.5

Buy a large amount of something to use later

focuses more on secretive accumulation rather than simple stocking
to roll up
vsto hoard
22 3.7

Collect small amounts until they become a larger total

focuses more on secret physical stockpiling than on summing totals
to stash away
vsto hoard
  • Informal
13 4.9

Put something in a hidden place to use later

focuses more on amassing large quantities secretly over time
to squirrel away
vsto hoard
  • Informal
4 5.3

To save money or things over time, often secretly

means collecting much larger supplies secretly for future need
to store away
vsto hoard
3 2.6

To put something in a safe place to use later

adds secrecy and much larger scale to simple safekeeping
to salt away
vsto hoard
  • Informal
1 6.7

To save money little by little to use later

implies storing larger sums secretly with long-term intent
to cache
vsto hoard
1 5.8

To hide things like food or money in a secret place for later use

extends this idea to much larger, secret long-term stores
to lay away
vsto hoard
1 4.7

To save money or keep goods for later

suggests larger secret accumulation rather than ordinary saving
to reposit
vsto hoard
1 9.9

To put something away in a safe place to keep it

is less formal and more about secret large-scale storing
to hive away
vsto hoard
  • Informal
7.8

Put money or things aside in a safe place to use later

adds a stronger sense of large-scale long-term stockpiling
to hive up
vsto hoard
  • UK
7.9

To store things like food or money so you can use them later

stresses secretive accumulation on a larger scale for later use

Antonyms

to share
∞ 1.0

To let other people use or have part of something

to discard
130 2.7

To throw something away because you no longer want or need it

How Much

stockpile
45 4.2
to hoard
45 4.8
to save
842 1.0
to store
463 1.0
to collect
499 1.1
to keep
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

hoard infinitive
hoarded past
hoarded past participle
hoarding present participle
hoards third person singular

Etymology

Hoard comes from the same old German word hord meaning 'treasure' or 'hidden store', so to hoard is to collect and hide many things for future use.