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herd

drove or flock of animals; guard or protect: The shepherd will herd the sheep.

Not to be confused with:

heard – past tense of hear; listened to: I heard the news today.

herd

(hûrd)

a. A group of cattle or other large herbivorous mammals of a single kind kept together for a specific purpose.

b. A number of wild animals of one species, especially large herbivorous mammals, that remain together as a group: a herd of elephants.

a. A large number of people; a crowd: a herd of stranded passengers.

b. The multitude of common people regarded as a mass: "It is the luxurious and dissipated who set the fashions which the herd so diligently follow" (Henry David Thoreau).

v. herd·ed, herd·ing, herds

v.intr.

To come together in a herd: The sheep herded for warmth.

v.tr.

1. To gather, keep, or drive (animals) in a herd.

2. To tend (sheep or cattle).

3. To gather and place into a group or mass: herded the children into the auditorium.

[Middle English, from Old English heord.]

herd′er n.

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herd

(hɜːd)

1. (Zoology) a large group of mammals living and feeding together, esp a group of cattle, sheep, etc

2. often derogatory a large group of people

3. derogatory the large mass of ordinary people

to collect or be collected into or as if into a herd

[Old English heord; related to Old Norse hjörth, Gothic hairda, Old High German herta, Greek kórthus troop]

herd

(hɜːd)

(Agriculture)

a. archaic or dialect a man or boy who tends livestock; herdsman

b. (in combination): goatherd; swineherd.

vb (tr)

1. to drive forwards in a large group

2. (Agriculture) to look after (livestock)

[Old English hirde; related to Old Norse hirthir, Gothic hairdeis, Old High German hirti, Old Saxon hirdi, herdi; see herd¹]

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herd¹

(hɜrd)

n.

1. a number of animals feeding, traveling, or kept together; drove; flock: a herd of zebras; a herd of sheep; a herd of cattle.

2. a large group of people; crowd; mob: a herd of autograph seekers.

3. a large group of things.

4. the herd, the common people; masses: to follow the herd.

v.i.

5. to unite or move in a herd; assemble or associate as a herd.

v.t.

6. to gather into or as if into a herd.

Idioms:

ride herd on, to maintain control or discipline over.

[before 1000; Middle English; Old English heord, c. Old High German herta, Old Norse hjǫrth, Gothic hairda]

usage: See collective noun.

herd²

(hɜrd)

v.t.

1. to tend, drive, or lead (cattle, sheep, etc.).

2. to conduct or drive (a group of people) to a destination.

[before 900; Middle English herd(e),hirde, Old English hierde, c. Old High German hirti, Old Norse hirthir, Gothic hairdeis; derivative of herd¹]

herd

cutting horse - One trained to cut cattle out of a herd.
pointer, point man - A pointer or point man was first a cowboy riding at the front of a herd of cattle.
egregious - First meant "remarkably good" and "standing out or apart from the flock or herd; eminent"; its later derogatory sense is probably an ironical use.
herd - As a verb, it first meant "keep safe, shelter."

Herd

a number of animals assembled together, chiefly large animals; a crowd of common people. See also flock, rabble.

Examples: herd of antelopes; of asses; of attributes; of bison; of boars, 1735; of buffalo; of camels; of caribou, 1577; of cattle; of chamois, 1860; of cranes, 1470; of curlew; of deer, 1470; of elephants, 1875; of fallow beasts, 1576; of giraffes; of goats, 1700; of harlots, 1486; of harts, 1486; of coaches, 1618; of ibex; of mankind, 1665; of moose; of oxen; of parasites, 1818; of ponies; of porpoises, 1675; of seals, 1897; of swans, 1470; of swine, 1526; of sycophants; of whales, 1839; of wolves, 1697; of wrens, 1470.

herd

Past participle: herded
Gerund: herding

Imperative
herd
herd

Present
I herd
you herd
he/she/it herds
we herd
you herd
they herd

Preterite
I herded
you herded
he/she/it herded
we herded
you herded
they herded

Present Continuous
I am herding
you are herding
he/she/it is herding
we are herding
you are herding
they are herding

Present Perfect
I have herded
you have herded
he/she/it has herded
we have herded
you have herded
they have herded

Past Continuous
I was herding
you were herding
he/she/it was herding
we were herding
you were herding
they were herding

Past Perfect
I had herded
you had herded
he/she/it had herded
we had herded
you had herded
they had herded

Future
I will herd
you will herd
he/she/it will herd
we will herd
you will herd
they will herd

Future Perfect
I will have herded
you will have herded
he/she/it will have herded
we will have herded
you will have herded
they will have herded

Future Continuous
I will be herding
you will be herding
he/she/it will be herding
we will be herding
you will be herding
they will be herding

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been herding
you have been herding
he/she/it has been herding
we have been herding
you have been herding
they have been herding

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been herding
you will have been herding
he/she/it will have been herding
we will have been herding
you will have been herding
they will have been herding

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been herding
you had been herding
he/she/it had been herding
we had been herding
you had been herding
they had been herding

Conditional
I would herd
you would herd
he/she/it would herd
we would herd
you would herd
they would herd

Past Conditional
I would have herded
you would have herded
he/she/it would have herded
we would have herded
you would have herded
they would have herded

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Noun	1.	herd - a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans Bos taurus, cattle, cows, kine, oxen - domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen" sheep - woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat animal group - a group of animals remuda - the herd of horses from which those to be used the next day are chosen
	2.	herd - a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra animal group - a group of animals gam - a herd of whales
	3.	herd - a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things; "his brilliance raised him above the ruck"; "the children resembled a fairy herd" ruck concourse, throng, multitude - a large gathering of people
Verb	1.	herd - cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; "We herded the children into a spare classroom" crowd move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" overcrowd - cause to crowd together too much; "The students overcrowded the cafeteria"
	2.	herd - move together, like a herd crowd together, crowd - to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah"
	3.	herd - keep, move, or drive animals; "Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?" keep - raise; "She keeps a few chickens in the yard"; "he keeps bees" wrangle - herd and care for; "wrangle horses"

herd

noun

1. flock, crowd, collection, mass, drove, crush, mob, swarm, horde, multitude, throng, assemblage, press large herds of elephant and buffalo

2. (Often disparaging) mob, the masses, rabble, populace, the hoi polloi, the plebs, riffraff They are individuals; they will not follow the herd.

verb

1. lead, drive, force, direct, guide, shepherd The group was herded onto a bus.

2. drive, lead, force, guide, shepherd A boy herded sheep down towards the lane.

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herd

verb

To urge to move along:

drive, run.

Translations

قَطيعيَجْمَع في قَطيع

stádonahnatshoufovat se

flokgennehjordhobhyrde

Herde Hirt Hirte zusammentreiben

αγέλη κοπάδι

manada rebaño piara reunirse tropel

laumaliittyäpaimenpaimentaarahvas

troupeau rassembler

אספסוף להקה עדר רועה

csordagulyanyájösszeterelpásztor

hjörîreka saman, safna saman

mandria mandriano pastore raggruppare raggrupparsi

bandos instinktaskaimenėpiemuosugintisuvaryti

barsganāmpulksganītsadzītsadzīt barā

herder kudde

bøling drive sammen gjete hjord samle i flokk

pasterz stadotrzoda

bas fondcambada canalha choldra corja

стадо гурт

čredakrdelo

stado

bir araya toplamaksürü

使集中在一起畜群

herd

[hɜːd]

A. N [of cattle] → rebaño m, manada f; [of goats] → rebaño m; [of elephants] → manada f; [of pigs] → piara f; [of people] → multitud f, tropel m
the common herd → el vulgo, las masas

B. VT (= drive, gather) [+ animals] → llevar en manada; [+ people] → reunir

C. CPD herd instinct N → instinto m gregario

herd together

A. VI + ADV → apiñarse, agruparse

B. VT + ADV → agrupar, reunir

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herd

[ˈhɜː^rd]

[cows] → troupeau m; [wild animals, swine] → troupeau m

(= drive) [+ animals] → mener (en troupeau), conduire

[+ people]
We were herded onto a bus → On nous fit monter dans un bus.
to be herded into a place → être parqué(e) dans un endroit

herd together

vi [people] → se serrer les uns contre les autres

vt sep
to be herded together [people] → être entassésherd instinct n → instinct m grégaire

herd

n (of cattle etc) → Herde f; (of deer) → Rudel nt; (fig pej: of people) → Herde f, → Schar f; the common herd → die breite Masse; to follow the herd (fig) → der Herde folgen, mit der Herde laufen

(= drive) sheep, cattle, prisoners → treiben

(= tend) cattle → hüten

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herd

[hɜːd]

1. n (of cattle, horses) → mandria; (of wild animals, swine) → branco; (of people) (pej) the (common) herd → il gregge

2. vt (drive, gather, animals) → guidare; (people) → radunare

herd together

1. vt + adv → radunare

2. vi + adv → stringersi uno vicino all'altro

herd

(həːd) noun

a group of animals of one kind that stay, or are kept, together. a herd of cattle; a herd of elephant(s).

verb

to gather together, or be brought together, in a group. The dogs herded the sheep together; The tourists were herded into a tiny room.

-herd

a person who looks after a herd of certain kinds of animals. a goat-herd.

ˈherdsman (ˈhəːdz-) noun

a person who looks after a herd of animals.

the herd instinct

the tendency to behave, think etc like everyone else.

References in classic literature ?

Witness, too, all human beings, how when herded together in the sheepfold of a theatre's pit, they will, at the slightest alarm of fire, rush helter-skelter for the outlets, crowding, trampling, jamming, and remorselessly dashing each other to death.

View in context

Sheep are herded in various governorates of the Sultanate whereas cows are kept in stables.

Livestock breeding an indispensable part of Omani life

Sheep are herded in various governorates of the Sultanate whereas cows are kept in stables, camels are either herded in some of the wilayats or left to graze on their own.

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