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unhoarding

unhoarding is the present participle and gerund of unhoard.

Meaning of unhoard

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...

Questions about unhoarding

What is unhoarding the present participle and gerund of?
Unhoarding is the present participle and gerund of unhoard.

Words near unhoarding in the dictionary

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

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