Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hoard \Hoard\, n.
   See {Hoarding}, 2. --Smart.

Hoard \Hoard\, n. [OE. hord, AS. hord; akin to OS. hord, G.
   hort, Icel. hodd, Goth. huzd; prob. from the root of E. hide
   to conceal, and of L. custos guard, E. custody. See {Hide} to
   conceal.]
   A store, stock, or quantity of anything accumulated or laid
   up; a hidden supply; a treasure; as, a hoard of provisions; a
   hoard of money.

Hoard \Hoard\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hoarded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Hoarding}.] [AS. hordian.]
   To collect and lay up; to amass and deposit in secret; to
   store secretly, or for the sake of keeping and accumulating;
   as, to hoard grain.

Hoard \Hoard\, v. i.
   To lay up a store or hoard, as of money.

         To hoard for those whom he did breed.    --Spenser.

Source : WordNet®

hoard
     n : a secret store of valuables or money [syn: {cache}, {stash}]
     v 1: save up as for future use [syn: {stash}, {cache}, {lay away},
           {hive up}, {squirrel away}]
     2: 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}]