hoarded
past simple and past participle ofhoard
| 单词 | hoarded |
| 释义 | hoarded past simple and past participle ofhoard hoard verb[IorT] uk/hɔːd/us/hɔːrd/tocollectlargeamountsof something andkeepit for yourself, often in asecretplace: During thesiegepeoplebeganhoardingfoodandsupplies. There would be enoughfoodon adailybasisifpeoplewere not hoarding. Synonym stashinformal tokeepalargenumberof things that are notneededor have novalue, because you aresufferingfrom amentalcondition: She hoardeddirtybottles,oldnewspapers,brokenappliances,evenplasticbagsfromcerealboxes. Psychiatrists are notsurewhat makes apersonstarthoarding.
Keeping and storing things
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Mental illnesses Examplesofhoardedhoarded In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The consequence was a complex system of political bargaining and reimbursements,hoardedand guarded reserves, constant pressure for increased percentages of local revenues. From theCambridge English Corpus Chapter 8 deals with the ways in which recordings arehoarded, organised and presented in collections, catalogues, libraries and gramophone and record societies. From theCambridge English Corpus Both are of great value and can be eitherhoardedor distributed. From theCambridge English Corpus Rather, households oftenhoardedcowries, usually burying them for safe keeping. From theCambridge English Corpus By no means does everyone want every effective treatment that is available to them, and this is substantiated by the vast amounts ofhoardedand discarded medication. From theCambridge English Corpus They have carefullyhoardedtheir pounds, shillings and pence for many years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In the 1960s it was the wage pressure and the tax pressure combined which forced managements to shed theirhoardedlabour. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The problem is not so much about land beinghoardedand how to get it into circulation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I doubt whether there is a great deal of serviced landhoardedat present. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I understand that the county planning committee's own survey has found no evidence that housing land is beinghoardedon any significant scale. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Meat used to behoardedin biblical times and all these years later we are doing the same thing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is in the present position nothing whatever to prevent gold being taken out andhoarded, and. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That washoardedduring long periods when the price of silver was never at the level it is now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In other cases it is beinghoardedin order that the owners shall not have to disclose it to the public assistance committee. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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