horde

horde

a wandering group or a swarm: A horde of mosquitoes invaded the camp.
Not to be confused with:hoard – a stash; to store away: In wartime people have a tendency to hoard supplies.

horde

H0225300 (hôrd)n.1. A large group or crowd; a swarm: a horde of mosquitoes. See Synonyms at crowd¹.2. a. A nomadic Mongol or Turkic tribe.b. A nomadic tribe or group.

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[Ultimately (via German Horde, Polish horda, and kindred words in other languages of central Europe, with initial h-, of obscure origin) from Ukrainian orda, tribe or army of Mongols and Turkic peoples (as the Golden Horde) from North-Western Turkic ordï, encampment, residence, court, from Old Turkic ordu.]

horde

(hɔːd) n1. a vast crowd; throng; mob2. (Anthropology & Ethnology) a local group of people in a nomadic society3. (Anthropology & Ethnology) a nomadic group of people, esp an Asiatic group4. (Zoology) a large moving mass of animals, esp insectsvb (intr) to form, move in, or live in a horde[C16: from Polish horda, from Turkish ordū camp; compare Urdu]Usage: Horde is sometimes wrongly written where hoard is meant: a hoard (not horde) of gold coins

horde

(hɔrd, hoʊrd)

n., v. hord•ed, hord•ing. n. 1. a large group, multitude, or number; crowd. 2. a tribe or troop of Asian nomads. 3. any nomadic group. 4. a moving pack or swarm of animals. v.i. 5. to gather in a horde. [1545–55; « Czech, Polish horda « Turkic ordu, orda royal residence or camp; compare Urdu]

Horde

 a great company, esp. of savage or uncivilized people. See also gang, rabble, troop.Examples: horde of barbarians: of Gauls, 1838; of gnats; of Goths, 1695; of insects, 1834; of misers—Lipton, 1970; of pirates, 1837; of regicides, 1796; of savages—Brewer, Tartars, 1594; of wolves, 1864; of young readers, 1888.

horde

Past participle: horded
Gerund: hording

Imperative
horde
horde

Present
I horde
you horde
he/she/it hordes
we horde
you horde
they horde

Preterite
I horded
you horded
he/she/it horded
we horded
you horded
they horded

Present Continuous
I am hording
you are hording
he/she/it is hording
we are hording
you are hording
they are hording

Present Perfect
I have horded
you have horded
he/she/it has horded
we have horded
you have horded
they have horded

Past Continuous
I was hording
you were hording
he/she/it was hording
we were hording
you were hording
they were hording

Past Perfect
I had horded
you had horded
he/she/it had horded
we had horded
you had horded
they had horded

Future
I will horde
you will horde
he/she/it will horde
we will horde
you will horde
they will horde

Future Perfect
I will have horded
you will have horded
he/she/it will have horded
we will have horded
you will have horded
they will have horded

Future Continuous
I will be hording
you will be hording
he/she/it will be hording
we will be hording
you will be hording
they will be hording

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been hording
you have been hording
he/she/it has been hording
we have been hording
you have been hording
they have been hording

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been hording
you will have been hording
he/she/it will have been hording
we will have been hording
you will have been hording
they will have been hording

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been hording
you had been hording
he/she/it had been hording
we had been hording
you had been hording
they had been hording

Conditional
I would horde
you would horde
he/she/it would horde
we would horde
you would horde
they would horde

Past Conditional
I would have horded
you would have horded
he/she/it would have horded
we would have horded
you would have horded
they would have horded

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	horde - a vast multitudehost, legionconcourse, throng, multitude - a large gathering of people
	2.	horde - a nomadic communitycommunity - a group of people living in a particular local area; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community"Golden Horde - a Mongolian army that swept over eastern Europe in the 13th century
	3.	horde - a moving crowd swarm, drovecrowd - a large number of things or people considered together; "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers"

horde

noun crowd, mob, swarm, press, host, band, troop, pack, crew, drove, gang, multitude, throng A horde of people was screaming for tickets.

horde

noun1. An enormous number of persons gathered together:crowd, crush, drove, flock, mass, mob, multitude, press, ruck, swarm, throng.2. A very large number of things grouped together:army, cloud, crowd, drove, flock, host, legion, mass, mob, multitude, ruck, score (used in plural), swarm, throng.

Translations

群

horde

(hoːd) noun a crowd or large number (of people etc). Hordes of tourists thronged the temple. 一大群(人) （人）群