 8 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
herd
noun
1: a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of
the same kind that are herded by humans
2: a group of wild animals of one species that remain together:
antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra
3: a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or
things; "his brilliance raised him above the ruck"; "the
children resembled a fairy herd" [syn: {ruck}]
verb
1: cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; "We herded the
children into a spare classroom" [syn: {crowd}]
2: move together, like a herd
3: keep, move, or drive animals; "Who will be herding the
cattle when the cowboy dies?"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Herd \Herd\ (h[~e]rd), adjective
Haired. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Herd \Herd\ (h[~e]rd), noun [OE. herd, heord, AS. heord; akin to
OHG. herta, G. herde, Icel. hj["o]r[eth], Sw. hjord, Dan.
hiord, Goth. ha['i]rda; cf. Skr. [,c]ardha troop, host.]
1. A number of beasts assembled together; as, a herd of
horses, oxen, cattle, camels, elephants, deer, or swine; a
particular stock or family of cattle.
The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea. --Gray.
Note: Herd is distinguished from flock, as being chiefly
applied to the larger animals. A number of cattle, when
driven to market, is called a drove.
2. A crowd of low people; a rabble.
But far more numerous was the herd of such
Who think too little and who talk too much.
--Dryden.
You can never interest the common herd in the
abstract question. --Coleridge.
{Herd's grass} (Bot.), one of several species of grass,
highly esteemed for hay. See under {Grass}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Herd \Herd\, verb (used with an object)
To form or put into a herd.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Herd \Herd\, noun [OE. hirde, herde, heorde, AS. hirde, hyrde,
heorde; akin to G. hirt, hirte, OHG. hirti, Icel. hir?ir, Sw.
herde, Dan. hyrde, Goth. ha['i]rdeis. See 2d {Herd}.]
One who herds or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; --
much used in composition; as, a shepherd; a goatherd, and the
like. --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Herd \Herd\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Herded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Herding}.] [See 2d {Herd}.]
1. To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together,
or in company; as, sheep herd on many hills.
2. To associate; to ally one's self with, or place one's self
among, a group or company.
I'll herd among his friends, and seem
One of the number. --Addison.
3. To act as a herdsman or a shepherd. [Scot.]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
82 Moby Thesaurus words for "herd":
Gyropilot, army, assemblage, assemble, automatic pilot, boatheader,
boatsteerer, bunch, cage, cicerone, cluster, collect, collection,
colony, congregate, corral, courier, cowherd, coxswain, crowd,
crush, dragoman, drift, drive, drove, drover, flock, gam, gang,
gather, gather together, goad, goatherd, group, guide, guidepost,
guider, helmsman, herdsman, hoi polloi, hold the reins, horde,
host, kennel, lash, litter, mass, masses, mercury, multitude,
navigator, pack, pilot, pod, pointer, press, prick, pride,
punch cattle, rabble, ride herd on, river pilot, round up, run,
school, shepherd, shoal, skulk, sloth, spur, steer, steerer,
steersman, swarm, take the helm, throng, tour director, tour guide,
trip, troop, whip, wrangle
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Herd
Gen. 13:5; Deut. 7:14. (See {CATTLE}.)
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