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 thought over the boy's answer.
- He wants to be a shepherd because he likes sheep.
- The king called the princess and met the shepherd.
- The men of the chorus sing the part of the shepherds.
- The shepherd is astonished, because that is exactly right.
- The Dutch Shepherd is intelligent, brave, and affectionate.
- The question of the meeting with the shepherd is also disputed.
- Shepherd was in complete ignorance of the objection at the time.
- In the summer shepherd boys bring the herds to the higher slopes.
- God is called a shepherd to his people see Psalm 77:20, 78:71, 80:1.
- Shepherds often piped both to soothe the sheep and to amuse themselves.
- The lamb version is often called shepherd's pie but neither term is exact.
- The film ends with the empty crosses of Calvary and a shepherd and his flock.
- 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.