Herd

Quick meaning: Herd is a noun meaning A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

a herd of sheep

a herd of goats

a herd of cattle

I was never one to follow the herd.

Word Forms

• herds
• herding
• herded

Synonyms for herd

Depending on context, synonyms include wrangle, herdsman, ruck, crowd.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ruck, crowd, drove, livestock, pastoralist, sheep.

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