Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to hoard
Participle: hoarded
Gerund: hoarding
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | hoard |
| you | hoard |
| he;she;it | hoards |
| we | hoard |
| you | hoard |
| they | hoard |
Perfect
| I | have hoarded |
| you | have hoarded |
| he;she;it | has hoarded |
| we | have hoarded |
| you | have hoarded |
| they | have hoarded |
Past
| I | hoarded |
| you | hoarded |
| he;she;it | hoarded |
| we | hoarded |
| you | hoarded |
| they | hoarded |
Pluperfect
| I | had hoarded |
| you | had hoarded |
| he;she;it | had hoarded |
| we | had hoarded |
| you | had hoarded |
| they | had hoarded |
Future
| I | will hoard |
| you | will hoard |
| he;she;it | will hoard |
| we | will hoard |
| you | will hoard |
| they | will hoard |
Future Perfect
| I | will have hoarded |
| you | will have hoarded |
| he;she;it | will have hoarded |
| we | will have hoarded |
| you | will have hoarded |
| they | will have hoarded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | hoard |
| you | hoard |
| he;she;it | hoard |
| we | hoard |
| you | hoard |
| they | hoard |
Perfect
| I | have hoarded |
| you | have hoarded |
| he;she;it | have hoarded |
| we | have hoarded |
| you | have hoarded |
| they | have hoarded |
Imperfect
| I | hoarded |
| you | hoarded |
| he;she;it | hoarded |
| we | hoarded |
| you | hoarded |
| they | hoarded |
Pluperfect
| I | had hoarded |
| you | had hoarded |
| he;she;it | had hoarded |
| we | had hoarded |
| you | had hoarded |
| they | had hoarded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would hoard |
| you | would hoard |
| he;she;it | would hoard |
| we | would hoard |
| you | would hoard |
| they | would hoard |
Perfect
| I | would have hoarded |
| you | would have hoarded |
| he;she;it | would have hoarded |
| we | would have hoarded |
| you | would have hoarded |
| they | would have hoarded |
Imperative
| you | hoard |
| we | Let's hoard |
| you | hoard |
Verbs conjugated like 'hoard'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'hoard'
board,
hard,
hoar,
hoord,
award,
bard,
beard,
bourd,
card,
chord,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to gather a great quantity of
- amass, amound, engross, get up, intreasure, niggard, packrat, rathole, squirrel away, uphoard
- stash
- stow, accumulate, stock-pile, save, acquire, squirrel
Additional Information
Etymology
1. O.E.
hord "treasure, valuable stock or store," from P.Gmc.
*khuzdan (cf. O.N.
hodd, Ger.
hort, Goth.
huzd "treasure," lit. "hidden treasure"), from
*kuzdho, probably from PIE base
*(s)keu- "to cover, conceal" (see hide (n.1)). The verb is from O.E.
hordian.
2. From Middle English horden, from Old English hordian, from Proto-West Germanic *hoʀdōn. See: Middle English '
horden', Old English '
hordian'.
Verbs referencing "hoard"
German, old spelling
horten.
Sample Sentences
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[...] or odd-jumping figures out of elder-pith, and he was a very Pan in the manufacture of whistles of all sizes and sorts. His pockets were full of miscellaneous articles of attraction, which he had hoarded in days of old for his master's children, and which he now produced, with commendable prudence and economy, one by one, as overtures for acquaintance and friendship.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] know that there are among men brutes so obscene and worthless, that they can delight in laying their miserable profanations upon the very steps of Nature 's greatest altar. But that these should be hoarded up for the delight of their fellow-swine, and kept in a public place where any eyes may see them, is a disgrace to the English language in which they are written (though I hope few of these entries [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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The history of every family we had on board was pretty much the same. After hoarding up, and borrowing, and begging, and selling everything to pay the passage, they had gone out to New York, expecting to find its streets paved with gold; and had found them paved with very hard and [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)