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hoarded

hoarded is the simple past and past participle of hoard.

Meaning of hoard

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To amass, usually for one's own private collection.
    • The days have vanish’d, tone and tint,
      ⁠And yet perhaps the hoarding sense
      ⁠Gives out at times (he knows not whence)
      A little flash, a mystic hint; […]1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XLIII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 66
  2. (transitive) To save or reserve in one's mind for a future need or use.

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Adjective

hoarded

  1. Amassed or accumulated, usually to an excess.

Phrases with hoarded

Questions about hoarded

What does hoarded mean?
Hoarded means amassed or accumulated, usually to an excess.
What is hoarded the simple past and past participle of?
Hoarded is the simple past and past participle of hoard.
What part of speech is hoarded?
Hoarded is an adjective.

Words near hoarded in the dictionary

  1. hoard out
  2. hoard up
  3. hoard-bug
  4. hoard-house
  5. hoard-ward
  6. hoarded
  7. hoarded out
  8. hoarder
  9. hoarders
  10. hoardful
  11. hoardier

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