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My illness is one often characterized by dramatic overspending - in my case through frenzied shopping sprees, credit card abuse, excessive hoarding of unnecessary material goods and bizarre generosity with family, friends and even strangers.
Andy Behrman

Meaning of "hoarding" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HOARDING

From C15 hoard fence, from Old French hourd palisade, of Germanic origin, related to Gothic haurds, Old Norse hurth door.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HOARDING

hoarding  [ˈhɔːdɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOARDING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hoarding is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HOARDING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

hoarding

Hoarding

Hoarding is a general term for a behavior that leads people or animals to accumulate food or other items during periods of scarcity.

Definition of hoarding in the English dictionary

The definition of hoarding in the dictionary is a large board used for displaying advertising posters, as by a road Also called : billboard. Other definition of hoarding is a temporary wooden fence erected round a building or demolition site.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOARDING


according
əˈkɔːdɪŋ
applauding
əˈplɔːdɪŋ
boarding
ˈbɔːdɪŋ
bodyboarding
ˈbɒdɪˌbɔːdɪŋ
chording
ˈkɔːdɪŋ
keyboarding
ˈkiːˌbɔːdɪŋ
landboarding
ˈlændˌbɔːdɪŋ
lording
ˈlɔːdɪŋ
marauding
məˈrɔːdɪŋ
mountainboarding
ˈmaʊntɪnbɔːdɪŋ
onboarding
ˌɒnˈbɔːdɪŋ
recording
rɪˈkɔːdɪŋ
rewarding
rɪˈwɔːdɪŋ
sailboarding
ˈseɪlˌbɔːdɪŋ
skateboarding
ˈskeɪtˌbɔːdɪŋ
snowboarding
ˈsnəʊˌbɔːdɪŋ
surfboarding
ˈsɜːfˌbɔːdɪŋ
unrewarding
ˌʌnrɪˈwɔːdɪŋ
wakeboarding
ˈweɪkˌbɔːdɪŋ
waterboarding
ˈwɔːtəˌbɔːdɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOARDING

hoactzin
hoagie
hoar
hoard
hoarder
hoarfrost
hoarhead
hoarhound
hoarier
hoariest
hoarily
hoariness
hoarse
hoarsely
hoarsen
hoarseness
hoary
hoary cress
hoary marmot
hoary redpoll

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOARDING

adding
analogue recording
audio recording
birding
carding
cording
digital recording
double-system sound recording
forwarding
Harding
heli-boarding
re-recording
regarding
self-regarding
sheepherding
tape recording
video cassette recording
video recording
video tape recording
wording
yarding

Synonyms and antonyms of hoarding in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HOARDING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «hoarding» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of hoarding

Translation of «hoarding» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOARDING

Find out the translation of hoarding to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hoarding from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hoarding» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

囤积
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

acaparamiento
570 millions of speakers

English

hoarding
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जमाखोरी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اكتناز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

накопительство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

entesouramento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মজুদ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

palissade
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penimbunan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bauzaun
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

買いだめ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사재기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hoarding
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tích trử
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பதுக்கல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्टोअरिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

istifleme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tabellone
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gromadzenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

накопительство
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tezaurizare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποθησαύριση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skutting
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hamstrings
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hamstring
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hoarding

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOARDING»

The term «hoarding» is very widely used and occupies the 18.522 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOARDING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hoarding

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6 QUOTES WITH «HOARDING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hoarding.
1
Andy Behrman
My illness is one often characterized by dramatic overspending - in my case through frenzied shopping sprees, credit card abuse, excessive hoarding of unnecessary material goods and bizarre generosity with family, friends and even strangers.
2
Tom Chatfield
We are all amateur attention economists, hoarding and bartering our moments - or watching them slip away down the cracks of a thousand YouTube clips.
3
Chris Jordan
I hate the word 'rendering,' as it equates to 'pouring concrete' on ideas that demand continuing dialog. 'Trade secrets' imply hoarding of knowledge.
4
Rob Manuel
Most of us grew up with video games in the household, either the original Nintendo in the living room or hoarding quarters for that trip to the arcade. And as time moves on, that line of nostalgia will keep moving forward where 'Frogger' gets replaced with 'Street Fighter 2' or 'Resident Evil 4.'
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Robin Morgan
Knowledge is power. Information is power. The secreting or hoarding of knowledge or information may be an act of tyranny camouflaged as humility.
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Naya Rivera
I will admit to hoarding beauty products. I'm a beauty lady.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOARDING»

Discover the use of hoarding in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hoarding and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Buried in Treasures: Help for Compulsive Acquiring, Saving, ...
Training exercises, case examples, organizing tips, and motivation boosters help change the way you think and behave toward your possessions. This book provides easy-to-understand strategies and techniques that anyone can use.
David Tolin, Randy O. Frost, Gail Steketee, 2013
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Overcoming Compulsive Hoarding: Why You Save and How You Can ...
Even though this is fundamentally a self-help book, it contains a frank discussion about the need for professional help in some hoarding cases, how to find it, and what medications have been proven effective for savers.
Jerome Bubrick, Fugen Neziroglu, Jose Yaryura-Tobias, 2004
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Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things
A thoughtfully researched and fascinating appraisal of what happens when our stuff starts to own us What possesses someone to save every scrap of paper that’s ever come into his home?
Gail Steketee, Randy Frost, 2010
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Compulsive Hoarding and Acquiring: Workbook
People who hoard tend to overvalue the importance of the things they own and keep. This book helps people to recognize errors in their thinking and modify their thoughts and beliefs to more accurately reflect the value of their belongings.
Gail Steketee, Randy O. Frost, 2007
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Inside Animal Hoarding: The Case of Barbara Erickson and Her ...
Dr. Arnold Arluke's discussion follows the Erickson story with current research on animal hoarding and how it ties into the Erickson case.
Arnold Arluke, Celeste Killeen, 2009
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Dirty Secret: A Daughter Comes Clean About Her Mother's ...
Dirty Secret is a daughter’s powerful memoir of confronting her mother’s disorder, of searching for the normalcy that was never hers as a child, and, finally, cleaning out the clutter of her mother’s home in the hopes of salvaging the ...
Jessie Sholl, 2010
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The Hoarding Handbook: A Guide for Human Service Professionals
This user-friendly guide provides tools to assess the problem, to coordinate and delegate tasks among helping professionals, and to work directly with reluctant hoarders and those affected by the hoarding.
Christiana Bratiotis, Cristina Sorrentino Schmalisch, Gail Steketee, 2011
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Digging Out: Helping Your Loved One Manage Clutter, ...
This book is not for them. Digging Out is for the concerned and frustrated friends and family members of people who do not fully accept the magnitude of their hoarding problem and refuse help from others.
Michael A. Tompkins, Tamara L. Hartl, 2007
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Food Hoarding in Animals
In this first comprehensive synthesis of the literature on food hoarding in animals, Stephen B. Vander Wall discusses how animals store food, how they use food and how this use affects individual fitness, why and how food hoarding evolved, ...
Stephen B. Vander Wall, 1990
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The Oxford Handbook of Hoarding and Acquiring
This handbook will be a critical resource for both practitioners and researchers, including psychiatrists, psychologists, neurologists, epidemiologists, social workers, occupational therapists, and other health and mental health ...
Randy O. Frost, Gail Steketee, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOARDING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hoarding is used in the context of the following news items.
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The psychology of compulsive hoarding: Was Mayor Reed crying …
"He does sound like he has a hoarding issue," said Terrence Daryl Shulman, founder and director of The Shulman Center for Compulsive Theft ... «PennLive.com, Jul 15»
2
Ask Amy: Daughter's hoarding ways have mom distraught
DEAR DISTRAUGHT: Hoarding is a serious but relatively rare disorder caused by underlying issues such as anxiety and depression. «Arizona Daily Star, Jul 15»
3
Code violations, hoarding force evacuation of residents from …
Officials called it the worst case of hoarding they've ever seen. Fire officials say they found electrical, structural, and hoarding issues on the ... «WGME, Jul 15»
4
Animal Shelter Takes in 19 Dogs from Central Ohio Hoarding Case …
DAYTON -- The Montgomery County Animal Resource Center has taken in 19 dogs from a central Ohio hoarding case and they are looking to ... «WKEF ABC 22, Jul 15»
5
Peter Schiff: Here's Why China is Hoarding Gold and Silver
China is Hoarding Gold and Silver China is hoarding precious metals. And it might even be moving to a gold standard. Or at least, that's the ... «Profit Confidential, Jul 15»
6
Cat hoarding cases increasing in Colorado Springs
Hoarding is considered a mental illness. It was recently added to the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of ... «KRDO, Jul 15»
7
Humane Society working with TV network on local 'hoarding situation'
The Humane Society of Southeast Texas announced Tuesday that it would have to halt animal intake for the next three weeks as the non-profit ... «Beaumont Enterprise, Jul 15»
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Illegal hoarding in Wanowrie removed 24 hours after mail to Sky …
24 hours after a resident of Wanowrie wrote a mail to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to complain about an illegal hoarding, authorities ... «I am in dna of India, Jul 15»
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Local SPCA Struggling, Spent More Than $10000 On Helping 27 …
Martinsville, VA-- A huge case involving hoarding cost a local SPCA big and now they have to limit their services. In May they took on more than ... «WSET, Jul 15»
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Hoarding on St Albans development forces blind woman to walk into …
A blind woman was forced to walk onto a busy St Albans road because hoarding placed near a housing development site blocked her usual ... «Herts Advertiser, Jul 15»

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