herd
IPA: hˈɝd
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.
- (now rare) Someone who keeps a group of domestic animals.
- A surname.
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)
- (intransitive, Scotland) To act as a herdsman or a shepherd.
- (transitive) To form or put into a herd.
- (transitive) To move or drive a herd.
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Examples of "herd" in Sentences
- She is the oldest female in the herd.
- The herd of cattle is grazing in the field.
- They raised a herd of the heifer in the farm.
- The followers of the group are called The Herd.
- The cattle herd is one of the largest in the state.
- Dooly is responsible for the introduction of the Bison herd.
- Hundreds of cattle grazed in tempting herds over the flowery meads.
- A herd of 50 cattle is respectable, and the more children the better.
- The boys on the other hand rear and herd cattle along with domesticated.
- The cattle herd is large considering the small dimensions of the municipality.
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