Shepherd

Quick meaning: Shepherd is a noun meaning (countable) A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock.

Meaning

(countable) A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock.

More Meanings

1. (countable, figurative) Someone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody.
2. (Christianity, countable, figurative) The pastor of a church; one who guides others in religion.
3. (countable, poetic) A swain; a rustic male lover.
4. (countable) A German Shepherd.
5. (transitive) To watch over; to guide.
6. (transitive, Australian rules football) To obstruct an opponent from getting to the ball, either when a teammate has it or is going for it, or if the ball is about to bounce through the goal or out of bounds.

Example Sentences

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Each entry in this volume was assigned to a different preeminent scholar who was responsible for shepherding that specific entry, and that specific entry alone, into being.

It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.

The dirt floor, low ceiling and unfinished stone walls were barely illuminated by candles and a dim string of green decorative lights. A nervous shepherd mix barked at me as a woman tried to calm it. When my eyes adjusted, I saw people in corners.

Word Forms

• shepherds
• shepherding
• shepherded

Synonyms for shepherd

Depending on context, synonyms include pastor, sheepherder.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sheepherder, pastor, sheep, dad, father, guide.

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