hoarded

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of hoard.

   During the shortage, some shoppers hoarded cooking oil and sugar.

   He had hoarded every scrap of gossip about his rivals, waiting for the right moment to use it.

   Note

   A regular -ed form, serving both as the simple past (shoppers hoarded sugar) and after have or be (the coins had been hoarded for years). What gets hoarded need not be physical: facts, gossip and grudges can be stored away in the mind for later use. Placed before a noun, as in hoarded supplies, it shades into the adjective for things piled up.

2. 2
   adjective

   Gathered together and stored up, usually in excessive amounts.

   Investigators found a hoarded stash of medical masks in the empty warehouse.

   Officials released the hoarded grain to bring prices down.

   Similaramassed

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