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to hoard
01
to gather and store a large supply of food, money, etc., usually somewhere secret
Transitive: to hoard supplies
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
hoard
3rd person singular
hoards
Present participle
hoarding
Past simple
hoarded
Past participle
hoarded
Examples
The survivalist hoarded canned food and water in a hidden bunker in preparation for a potential disaster.
Hoard
01
a hidden or carefully guarded collection of valuables, money, or other precious items
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
hoards
Examples
The archaeologists discovered a hoard of ancient coins.
Lexical Tree
hoarder
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