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Definition of Herd

1. Noun. A group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans.

2. Verb. Cause to herd, drive, or crowd together. "We herded the children into a spare classroom"

3. Noun. A group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra.

4. Verb. Move together, like a herd. "The crowds herd in the streets"

5. Noun. A crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things. ; "The children resembled a fairy herd"

6. Verb. Keep, move, or drive animals. "Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?"

Definition of Herd

1. a. Haired.

2. n. 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.

3. n. One who herds or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; -- much used in composition; as, a shepherd; a goatherd, and the like.

4. v. i. To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company; as, sheep herd on many hills.

5. v. t. To form or put into a herd.

Definition of Herd

1. Noun. A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper. (defdate from 11th c.) ¹

2. Noun. Any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company. (defdate from 13th c.) ¹

3. Noun. A crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative: a rabble. (defdate from 15th c.) ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company. ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) To associate; to ally one's self with, or place one's self among, a group or company. ¹

6. Noun. (rare) Someone who keeps a group of domestic animals; a herdsman. ¹

7. Verb. (intransitive Scotland) To act as a herdsman or a shepherd. ¹

8. Verb. (transitive) To form or put into a herd. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Herd

1. to bring together in a herd (a group of animals) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Herd

1. 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) 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, one of several species of grass, highly esteemed for hay. See Grass. Origin: OE. Herd, heord, AS. Heord; akin to OHG. Herta,G. Herde, Icel. Hjor, Sw. Hjord, Dan. Hiord, Goth. Hairda; cf. Skr. Cardha troop, host. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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