herd
/hɝd/noun, verb1 syllable
Herd means: a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things.
Synonyms for herd3
noun, as in a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things
verb, as in cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
What does herd mean?6
noun
a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things“his brilliance raised him above the ruck”
a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra
verb
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together“We herded the children into a spare classroom”
move together, like a herd
keep, move, or drive animals“Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with herd?18
three syllables
Herd in a sentence
- And he had possessions of sheep and of herds, and a very great family.carlosalberto
- Dictators are not the ones establishing dictatorships, the herds are.zogwarg
- They own large herds of oxen, sheep and camels.CM
- In the hills around the city, rocky pastures support herds of cattle.CM
- The cowboys rounded up the herd of cattle.CM
- One of the giraffes wandered from the herd and was left behind.Amastan
- Some members of the giraffe herd died during the dry season.Amastan
- Maybe the whole herd will go somewhere else to search for water.VilhelmsPort
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Forms of herd
as a noun
- plural
- herds
as a verb
- past tense
- herded
- present participle
- herding
- third-person singular
- herds
- past participle
- herded