herd

noun

A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper.

Any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company.

(now usually derogatory) A crowd, a mass of people or things; a rabble.

A surname.

(now rare) Someone who keeps a group of domestic animals.

verb

(intransitive) To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company.

(transitive) To unite or associate in a herd

(transitive) To manage, care for or guard a herd

(intransitive) To associate; to ally oneself with, or place oneself among, a group or company.

To move, or be moved, in a group. (of both animals and people)

(transitive) To move or drive a herd.

(transitive) To form or put into a herd.

(intransitive, Scotland) To act as a herdsman or a shepherd.

Synonyms for herd

flockn crowdn herdsmann drovern cowherdn goatherdn

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