meaning of herd
1. Haired.
2. 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.
3. A crowd of low people; a rabble.
4. One who herds or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; -- much used in composition; as, a shepherd; a goatherd, and the like.
5. To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company; as, sheep herd on many hills.
6. To associate; to ally ones self with, or place ones self among, a group or company.
7. To act as a herdsman or a shepherd.
8. To form or put into a herd.
9. a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
Related Words
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