horde
horde
Definition
horde (hôrd)
noun
- a nomadic tribe or clan of Mongols
- any wandering tribe or group
- a large, moving crowd or throng; swarm
Etymology: Fr < Ger, earlier horda < Pol < Turk ordū, a camp < Tatar urdu, a camp, lit., something erected < urmak, to pitch (a camp)
intransitive verb hord′ed, hord′·ing
to form or gather in a horde
horde
Synonyms
horde
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- undead: Challenge the hordes of undead to save your beloved brother!
- zombie: The park itself is fun for slaughtering hordes of zombies.
- demon: Worse yet, the base has been invaded by a horde of nightmarish demons.
- tourist: Why subject yourself to hordes of tourists at a motel or hotel?
- monster: Given the visible sprite limitations of normal doom, I don't think it would cope well with the hordes of monsters.
- enemy: Totally lacking in variety, and suffers from having hordes of enemies, but only a few skins.
Converse of subject
- surround: When about half-way, he was surrounded by the hordes of the Khakan, and the battle raged with terrible slaughter.
Converse of object
- maraud: Tell that to the marauding hordes of English football supporters.
- invade: The armies of all the ' good guys ' have joined forces to hold the invading hordes from their borders.
- escape: Then we are escaping hordes of midges up An Teallach, on a day of playful breezes and luminous skies.
- attract: Hacker Web Pages Nothing attracts hordes of hackers like a hacker web page.
- fight: Help Sonic fight hordes of metal maniacs and do the loop with the Super Sonic Spin Attack.
- join: At best, itâll be back to square one; at worst, you join the hordes who drop out of exercise through injury.
Adjective modifier
- Mongol: But her defenses were rock solid, the Great Wall of China against Mongol hordes.
- barbarian: Yet another invasion of the barbarian hordes from the north to Rome, the cradle of civilization.
- demonic: In fact, they were plans to destroy it and unleash the imprisoned demonic hordes on Shannara itself.
- savage: They taught it science, philosophy, religion, and civilized the savage hordes of the earth.
- hungry: These books are personal trainers for the hungry hordes of fanatic puzzlers.
- endless: Siege gives the player the task of defending a castle, with the objective of stopping an invasion from an endless horde of undead.
Noun used with modifier
- tourist: Because the tourist hordes, bound for the Great Barrier Reef, generally don't.
horde Quotes
Donner un sens plus pur aux mots de la tribu. Bestow a purer sense on the language of the horde.
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