Herd meaning

What does “herd” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“herd” is a noun and verb with 6 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans.

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 mammals 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”

    Synonymsruck

verb

  1. cause to herd, drive, or crowd together

    “We herded the children into a spare classroom”

    Synonymscrowd
  2. move together, like a herd

  3. keep, move, or drive animals

    “Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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