shepherd

IPA: ʃˈɛpɝd

noun

  • A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock.
  • A male sheep tender
  • (figurative) Someone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody.
  • A male watcher/guardian/guider/leader
  • (figurative) The pastor of a church; one who guides others in religion.
  • A male pastor
  • (poetic) A swain; a rustic male lover.
  • A German Shepherd.
  • An English surname originating as an occupation.
  • A male given name
  • A number of places in the United States:
  • An unincorporated community in Boone County, Indiana.
  • A village in Isabella County, Michigan.
  • A census-designated place in Yellowstone County, Montana.
  • A city in San Jacinto County, Texas.

verb

  • (transitive) To watch over; to guide.
  • (transitive, Australian rules football) To obstruct an opponent from getting to the ball, either when a teammate has it or is going for it, or if the ball is about to bounce through the goal or out of bounds.
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Examples of "shepherd" in Sentences

  • The shepherd is astonished, because that is exactly right.
  • God is called a shepherd to his people see Psalm 77:20, 78:71, 80:1.
  • The lamb version is often called shepherd's pie but neither term is exact.
  • Also, they think Tar, our bear-like german shepherd, is the cutest thing that ever lived.
  • The child had the nimbleness of a mountain shepherd, and Prometheus — the grace of an almost-god.
  • Basically, as far as I understand Frye, being a humble shepherd is not enough to make you an ironic “nobody”.
  • Lest the Jews should suppose that He who was just before described as a "shepherd" is a mere man, He is now described as God.
  • His father was Brown, a wolf-dog that had been brought down from Alaska, and his mother was a half-wild mountain shepherd dog.
  • Intending to raise the baby himself, but not possessing of the means to do so, the shepherd gives it to a fellow shepherd from a distant land, who spends the summers sharing pastureland with his flocks.

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