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Herd#etymology_2

Noun

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1.NounA number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
"a herd of cattle; a herd of sheep; a herd of goats"
2.NounAny collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company.
3.NounA crowd, a mass of people or things; a rabble.
"I was never one to follow the herd."
4.VerbTo unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company.
"Sheep herd on many hills."
5.VerbTo unite or associate in a herd
6.VerbTo manage, care for or guard a herd
"He is employed to herd the goats."
7.VerbTo associate; to ally oneself with, or place oneself among, a group or company.
8.VerbTo move, or be moved, in a group.
"On alighting at the station, we were all herded over the footbridge and through a side exit."
9.NounSomeone who keeps a group of domestic animals.
10.VerbTo act as a herdsman or a shepherd.
11.VerbTo form or put into a herd.
12.VerbTo move or drive a herd.
"I heard the herd of cattle being herded home from a long way away."
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