hoard
a secret store of valuables or money
• Syn:
cache, stash
• Derivationally related forms:
stash (for: stash), cache (for: cache)
• Hypernyms:
store, stock, fund
1. 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
• Syn:
roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile
• Derivationally related forms:
compilation (for: compile), accumulative (for: accumulate), accumulation (for: accumulate), collection (for: collect), collecting (for: collect)
• Hypernyms:
store, hive away, lay in, put in, salt away,
stack away, stash away
• Hyponyms:
run up, corral, collect, pull in, scrape,
scrape up, scratch, come up, lump, chunk, bale,
catch, fund
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They hoard the money in the closet
2. save up as for future use
• Syn:
stash, cache, lay away, hive up, squirrel away
• Derivationally related forms:
cache (for: cache), stash (for: stash), hoarder
• Hypernyms:
save, lay aside, save up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They hoard the money in the closet
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