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unhoard

unhoard verb: to take or steal from a hoard, e.g. to pilfer.

Verb

unhoard (third-person singular simple present unhoards, present participle unhoarding, simple past and past participle unhoarded)

  1. (transitive) To take or steal from a hoard, e.g. to pilfer.
    • a thief bent to unhoard the cash
      Of some rich burgher1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...

Forms of unhoard

third-person singular presentunhoards
present participleunhoarding
past participleunhoarded
pastunhoarded

Origin of unhoard

From un- + hoard.

Questions about unhoard

What does unhoard mean?
Unhoard means to take or steal from a hoard, e.g. to pilfer.
What part of speech is unhoard?
Unhoard is a verb.
What is the past tense of unhoard?
The past tense of unhoard is unhoarded.

Words near unhoard in the dictionary

  1. unhittable
  2. unhive
  3. unhived
  4. unhives
  5. unhiving
  6. unhoard
  7. unhoarded
  8. unhoarding
  9. unhoards
  10. unhoary
  11. unhoax

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