Meaning

A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper..

Definitions by Sense

1. A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper.
2. Any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company.
3. (now usually derogatory) A crowd, a mass of people or things; a rabble.
4. (intransitive) To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company.
5. (transitive) To unite or associate in a herd
6. (transitive) To manage, care for or guard a herd
7. (intransitive) To associate; to ally oneself with, or place oneself among, a group or company.
8. To move, or be moved, in a group. (of both animals and people)

Example Sentences

a herd of cattle

a herd of sheep

a herd of goats

The lowing herd wind slowly o’er the lea.

Zakouma is the last place on Earth where you can see more than a thousand elephants on the move in a single, compact herd.

Zebras can also be called a herd or a zeal.

I was never one to follow the herd.

But far more numerous vvas the herd of ſuch, / VVho think too little, and vvho talk too much.

Word Forms

• herds
• herding
• herded

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When Should You Use Herd?

Use herd when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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