0 past simple and past participle of hoard
1 to collect large amounts of something and keep it for yourself, often in a secret place:
If there is talk of shortages, consumers might just start hoarding.
He stopped taking his medication and started hoarding again.
The consequence was a complex system of political bargaining and reimbursements, hoarded and guarded reserves, constant pressure for increased percentages of local revenues.
Chapter 8 deals with the ways in which recordings are hoarded, organised and presented in collections, catalogues, libraries and gramophone and record societies.
Both are of great value and can be either hoarded or distributed.
Rather, households often hoarded cowries, usually burying them for safe keeping.
