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Hamstern — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • hamster noun A small, short-tailed rodent with cheek pouches, often kept as a pet.
  • hoard noun A hidden store of valuable things, often kept secretly.
  • hoarding noun A large outdoor advertising board; a billboard.
  • stockpile noun A large stored supply of something kept for future use.

Senses

Hamstern is used for these senses in English:

  • hamster (ambitransitive) To secrete or store privately, as a hamster does with food in its cheek pouches.
  • hoard (transitive) To amass, usually for one's own private collection.
  • hoarding (psychology) An anxiety disorder characterized by a compulsive need to accumulate goods and feelings of anxiety or discomfort about discarding such goods.
  • stockpile To accumulate or build up a supply of (something).

hamster — full definition

  1. noun A small, short-tailed rodent with cheek pouches, often kept as a pet.
  2. verb (informal) To stash away or hoard something quietly, the way a hamster stores food in its cheeks.

hoard — full definition

  1. noun A hidden store of valuable things, often kept secretly.
  2. verb To collect and store up, often more than is needed, usually out of anxiety or greed.

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