HOARD, noun A store, stock or large quantity of any thing accumulated or laid up; a hidden stock; a treasure; as a hoard of provisions for winter; a hoard of money. HOARD, verb transitive To collect and lay up a large quantity of any thing; to amass and deposit in secret; to store secretly; as, to hoard grain or provisions; to hoard silver and gold. It is sometimes followed by up, but without use; as, to hoard up provisions. HOARD, verb intransitive To collect and form a hoard; to lay up store. Nor cared to hoard for those whom he did breed.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI