A herd is a bunch of animals or people who act like a bunch of animals. It's also a verb when people herd animals, they try to keep them moving in the same direction.
Haired.
Noun
a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
Noun
a group of wild animals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra
Noun
a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things; "his brilliance raised him above the ruck"; "the children resembled a fairy herd"
Verb
move together, like a herd
Verb
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; "We herded the children into a spare classroom"
Verb
keep, move, or drive animals; "Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?"
a.
Haired.
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.
n.
A crowd of low people; a rabble.
n.
One who herds or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; --
much used in composition; as, a shepherd; a goatherd, and the like.
v. i.
To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together,
or in company; as, sheep herd on many hills.
v. i.
To associate; to ally one's self with, or place one's self
among, a group or company.
v. i.
To act as a herdsman or a shepherd.
v. t.
To form or put into a herd.
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The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea.
But far more numerous was the herd of such Who think too little and who talk too much.
You can never interest the common herd in the abstract question.
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I'll herd among his friends, and seem One of the number.3.
Herd
Haired.
A number of beasts assembled together;
One who herds or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; -- much used in composition;
To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company;
To form or put into a herd.
Usage Examples
The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.
You look at a herd of cattle and well, they all look the same... but they know. They all have an individual personality, and those personalities change from day to day. They can have their grumpy days and their happy days and their serene days. But it's unpredictable. You can't be off in outer space when you're dealing with animals.
Courage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers the lion never counts the herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to scatter.
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Other Usage ExamplesMy dad was the manager at the 45,000-acre ranch, but he owned his own 1,200-acre ranch, and I owned four cattle that he gave to me when I graduated from grammar school, from the eighth grade. And those cows multiplied, and he kept track of them for years for me. And that was my herd.
I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with the herd of common men.
Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.
The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.
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