'Herd' definitions:
Definition of 'herd'
From: WordNet
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 mammals 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" [syn: ruck, herd]
verb
Cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; "We herded the children into a spare classroom" [syn: herd, crowd]
verb
Move together, like a herd
verb
Keep, move, or drive animals; "Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?"
Definition of 'Herd'
From: GCIDE
- Herd \Herd\ (h[~e]rd), a. Haired. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Herd'
From: GCIDE
- Herd \Herd\ (h[~e]rd), n. [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.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea. --Gray. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A crowd of low people; a rabble. [1913 Webster]
- But far more numerous was the herd of such Who think too little and who talk too much. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- You can never interest the common herd in the abstract question. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
- Herd's grass (Bot.), one of several species of grass, highly esteemed for hay. See under Grass. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Herd'
From: GCIDE
- Herd \Herd\, v. t. To form or put into a herd. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Herd'
From: GCIDE
- Herd \Herd\, n. [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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Herd'
From: GCIDE
- Herd \Herd\, v. i. [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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To associate; to ally one's self with, or place one's self among, a group or company. [1913 Webster]
- I'll herd among his friends, and seem One of the number. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To act as a herdsman or a shepherd. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'herd'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Gyropilot,
- 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