hoarded
USHORD-id/ˈhɔɹdɪd/UKHAWD-id/ˈhɔːdɪd/
- 1Past tense and past participle of hoard. Use it when someone stored up a lot of something earlier.
My grandmother hoarded rubber bands in a jar under the sink.
People hoarded bread and milk before the big storm.
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- 2Collected and stored up, often in much bigger amounts than needed.
The mice found the hoarded nuts behind the shed.
Her hoarded magazines filled three closets.
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hoarded is a form of hoard
hoard, verb: To collect and keep a lot of something, usually just for yourself. Full entry
- Spelling
- hoard → hoarded: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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