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herd
1[hurd]
noun
a number of animals kept, feeding, or traveling together; drove; flock.
a herd of cattle;
a herd of sheep;
a herd of zebras.
Sometimes Disparaging.a large group of people.
The star was mobbed by a herd of autograph seekers.
Synonyms: ,any large quantity.
a herd of bicycles.
the herd, the common people; the masses; the rabble.
He had no opinions of his own, but simply followed the herd.
verb (used without object)
to unite or go in a herd; assemble or associate as a herd.
herd
2[hurd]
noun
a person in charge of a herd (usually used in combination).
a cowherd;
a goatherd;
a shepherd.
verb (used with object)
to tend, drive, or lead (cattle, sheep, etc.).
Synonyms: , ,to conduct or drive (a group of people) to a destination.
The teacher herded the children into the classroom.
herd
1/ ɜː /
noun
archaica man or boy who tends livestock; herdsman
( in combination )
goatherd
swineherd
verb
to drive forwards in a large group
to look after (livestock)
herd
2/ ɜː /
noun
a large group of mammals living and feeding together, esp a group of cattle, sheep, etc
derogatorya large group of people
derogatorythe large mass of ordinary people
verb
to collect or be collected into or as if into a herd
Grammar Note
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of herd1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of herd1
Origin of herd2
Idioms and Phrases
ride herd on, to have charge or control of; maintain discipline over.
He rode herd on 40 students in each class.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
That night, the police spent most of their time herding protesters into areas where they could be cited for breaking curfew and taken away on buses.
I followed a herd of people toward the entrance where we went through a security checkpoint, then a bag check line, which took about 30 minutes to get through.
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has previously described dog ownership - other than for the purposes of herding, hunting and security - as "reprehensible".
He was one of the original three authors of the “Great Barrington Declaration,” a manifesto for herd immunity published in October 2020.
"Today, the Russian Aerospace Forces lost not just two of their rarest aircraft, but truly two unicorns in the herd," he wrote.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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