unhoard en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + hoard.
Meanings
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(transitive) To take or steal from a hoard, e.g. to pilfer.
a thief bent to unhoard the cash Of some rich burgher
1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unhoards | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| unhoarding | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unhoarded | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unhoarded | Tense=Past | lexicographic |