Hoard and Keep

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Hoard verb - To put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place.

Usage example: he's been hoarding empty yogurt containers all winter, with the intention of using them to start seedlings in the spring

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Keep is a synonym for hoard in banking topic. In some cases you can use "Keep" instead a verb "Hoard", when it comes to topics like put away.

Nearby Words: hoarded, hoarding, hoarder

Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.

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Hoard is a synonym for keep in save topic. Sometimes you can use "Hoard" instead a verb "Keep", if it concerns topics such as banking.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

old	old hoard	old keep
typical	typical hoard	typical keep
small	small hoard	small keep
actual	actual hoard	actual keep
Other adjectives: massive, big, huge, personal, nearby.

power	hoard power	keep power
people	hoard people	keep people
number	hoard number	keep number
money	hoard money	keep money
Other words: magic, items, humans.

The first Spyro the Dragon game, released on the PlayStation in 1998.Gnasty Gnorc is a greedy fellow, and he has his eyes set on the massive gem hoard they keep in the Dragon Realms.

Source: Video Game / Spyro the Dragon (1998)
They therefore hoard all the tech they have without sharing, and steal tech from their neighbors to "keep it (the technology) safe from abuse".

Source: Video Game / Fallout
On the qualitative side, keep in mind that when Smaug died, all of the surrounding countries went to war, just over the argument of who got to loot his hoard.

Source: Fiction 500

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