get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"
{i} accumulation or supply that has been carefully gathered and set aside in a safe place, stockpile, store; treasure
If you hoard things such as food or money, you save or store them, often in secret, because they are valuable or important to you. They've begun to hoard food and gasoline and save their money Consumers did not spend and create jobs; they hoarded + hoarder hoarders hoard·er Most hoarders have favorite hiding places
A hoard is a store of things that you have saved and that are valuable or important to you or you do not want other people to have. The case involves a hoard of silver and jewels valued at up to $40m. = cache. a collection of things that someone hides somewhere, especially so they can use them later hoard of. hoard up to collect and save large amounts of food, money etc, especially when it is not necessary to do so
One hears this word a lot in syngraphic circles It refers to the fact that a large quantity (a hoard!) of a scarce note suddenly appears on the market, substantially lowering its value (Remember when the Cambodian 1000 Riels note of 1973 catalogued $50 00?) A novice collector will do well to realize that such things can and do happen, although the appearance of hoards has been steadily diminishing since the Early Seventies
Burying objects in the ground has long been a way of hiding them from thieves and robbers A hoard is a collection of objects – often of precious metal – all buried in the ground at the same time for safe-keeping and awaiting later recovery in prehistoric and historic times There are several types of hoard, depending upon the reasons for the objects' being buried: Founder's hoard, Loot hoard, Merchant's hoard, Personal hoard, Treasure trove, Votive hoard These were often forgotten or not collected for other reasons See Treasure Act [1996]
A store, stock, or quantity of anything accumulated or laid up; a hidden supply; a treasure; as, a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money