horde
a large group, multitude, number, etc.; a mass or crowd: a horde of tourists.
a tribe or troop of Asian nomads.
any nomadic group.
a moving pack or swarm of animals: A horde of mosquitoes invaded the camp.
to gather in a horde: The prisoners horded together in the compound.
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Words that may be confused with horde
- hoard, horde
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How to use horde in a sentence
It’s a perfect weeklong route for mountain lovers looking to escape the hordes visiting nearby parks and take in a bit of locals-only Washington.
Merck employed hordes of chemists to produce large quantities of chemical compounds for use in new drugs.
Building a better chemical factory—out of microbes | Leigh Buchanan | August 24, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewIts population explodes from about 5,000 to 250,000 when the vacation hordes descend.
Every title sticks to the original’s formula of some kind of item management, exploration and puzzle solving — and, crucially, fighting off zombie hordes.
It was always there, a shuffling horde of familiar faces dissolved into vague, generic sketches.
But along with the cartoon funk is an all-too-real story of police brutality embodied by a horde of evil Pigs.
‘Black Dynamite’ Presents Police Brutality: The Musical | Stereo Williams | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTHere is a title that, in its prologue, tasks players with fighting a horde of angels on top of a moving jet.
Bayonetta Is Nintendo’s Graphic, Ass-Kicking Barbie | Alec Kubas-Meyer | October 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPerhaps the threat of legal action has also played a role in curbing the horde of dyspeptic deviants.
‘The Fappening’ Is Dead: From A-List Hacking Victims to D-Listers Accused of Leaking Nudes For PR | Marlow Stern | October 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMrs. Clooney has been followed around Athens during a three-day visit by a horde of paparazzi that number into the hundreds.
At about 10 p.m., a horde of Hungarian police officers raided the bar, demanding that everybody show their identification.
American Racist Richard Spencer Gets to Play the Martyr in Hungary | James Kirchick | October 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn China the patriarch of a nomad horde became emperor of a nation retaining ancestor worship as its chief religious system.
Man And His Ancestor | Charles MorrisThe failure of this horde did not in the least check the proceedings of Sharp or Lauderdale or their like-minded colleagues.
Hunted and Harried | R.M. BallantyneIn 1810 a threatened attack from a marauding horde of Kafirs was averted in answer to prayer.
Robert Moffat | David J. DeaneIt was this inspiration that changed a strong German horde into a people that loved culture, art and education.
Ways of War and Peace | Delia AustrianHe led the Auvergners to the left of the battle, where the Seljouk horde seemed thinnest.
God Wills It! | William Stearns Davis
British Dictionary definitions for horde
/ (hɔːd) /
a vast crowd; throng; mob
a local group of people in a nomadic society
a nomadic group of people, esp an Asiatic group
a large moving mass of animals, esp insects
(intr) to form, move in, or live in a horde
Origin of horde
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