unhoard

English

Etymology

un- +‎ hoard

Verb

unhoard (third-person singular simple present unhoards, present participle unhoarding, simple past and past participle unhoarded)

  1. (transitive) To take or steal from a hoard; to pilfer.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for unhoard in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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