herd
/hərd/
noun
a large group of animals, especially hoofed mammals, that live, feed, or migrate together or are kept together as livestock.
"a herd of elephants"
synonyms: flock, drove, pack, group, collection, fold
verb
- (with reference to a group of people or animals) move in a particular direction."we all herded into a storage room"synonyms: drive, round up, shepherd, gather, collect, assemble, guide, kettle, crowd, pack, flock, cluster, huddle, group
- keep or look after (livestock)."Hunter and Tripp herded sheep"synonyms: look after, take care of, keep, tend, watch, watch over, mind, guard
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Herd
A herd is a social group of certain animals of the same species, either wild or domestic. The form of collective animal behavior associated with this is called herding. These animals are known as gregarious animals. Wikipedia
Past tense: herded
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May 27, 2024 · The meaning of HERD is a typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control. How to use herd in a sentence.
to make people move somewhere as a group, often against their wishes or with difficulty: The women were herding a group of children ...
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 ...