different between hoard vs hoared

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /h??d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /h??d/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ho(?)?d/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ho?d/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d
• Homophones: horde, whored

Etymology 1

From Middle English hord, from Old English hord (“an accumulation of valuable objects cached for preservation or future use; treasure; hoard”), from Proto-Germanic *huzd? (“treasure; hoard”), from Proto-Indo-European *kusd?o-. Cognate with German Hort (“hoard; refuge”), Icelandic hodd (“treasure”), Latin custos (“guard; keeper”).

Noun

hoard (plural hoards)

1. A hidden supply or fund.

   a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money

2. (archaeology) A cache of valuable objects or artefacts; a trove.

Translations

Verb

hoard (third-person singular simple present hoards, present participle hoarding, simple past and past participle hoarded)

1. To amass, usually for one's own private collection.

Synonyms

• engross, uphoard; see also Thesaurus:amass

Antonyms

• declutter

Translations

Related terms

• hoarder
• hoardy

Etymology 2

See hoarding.

Noun

hoard (plural hoards)

1. A hoarding (temporary structure used during construction).
2. A hoarding (billboard).

Etymology 3

Noun

hoard

1. Misspelling of horde.

See also

• Hoarding on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• hoard (archaeology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• horde

Anagrams

• Rhoad, Rhoda, hadro-

English

Etymology

hoar +? -ed

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h??(?)d/
• Homophones: hoard, horde, whored

Adjective

hoared (comparative more hoared, superlative most hoared)

1. (obsolete) moldy; musty

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Granmer to this entry?)

   • 1963, Bible (New American Standard), Joshua 9:5

     […] they played wilily, and went and sent ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their Asses, and wine bottles old and rent and knit together again, and old clouted shoes upon their feet, and old raiment upon them and all their provision of bread was dried up and hoared.

Related terms

• hoar
• hoary

Anagrams

• oh dear