Herd
[hɜːd] or [hɝd]
Definition
(noun.) a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans.
(noun.) a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra.
(verb.) move together, like a herd.
(verb.) cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; 'We herded the children into a spare classroom'.
(verb.) keep, move, or drive animals; 'Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?'.
Checker: McDonald--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Haired.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A crowd of low people; a rabble.
(n.) One who herds or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; -- much used in composition; as, a shepherd; a goatherd, and the like.
(v. i.) To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company; as, sheep herd on many hills.
(v. i.) To associate; to ally one's self with, or place one's self among, a group or company.
(v. i.) To act as a herdsman or a shepherd.
(v. t.) To form or put into a herd.
Checked by Irving
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Drove (of the larger animals).[2]. Crowd, rabble, multitude.
v. n. Associate (as beasts), keep company.
Inputed by Lawrence
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See CONGREGATE]
Typist: Ollie
Definition
n. a number of beasts feeding together and watched or tended: any collection of beasts as distinguished from a flock: a company of people the rabble.—v.i. to run in herds.—v.t. to tend as a herdsman.—ns. Herd one who tends a herd; Herd′groom (Spens.) a shepherd-lad; Herds′-grass timothy-grass; Herds′man a man employed to herd or tend cattle—(B.) Herd′man.
Typist: Vilma
Examples
- Pork, answered the swine-herd. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- This was in the old days when the Patricians alone governed Venice--the common herd had no vote and no voice. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- This favourite is hated by the whole herd, and therefore, to protect himself, keeps always near the person of his leader. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- People who saw the Southern herd of buffalo, fifteen or twenty years ago, can appreciate the size of the Texas band of wild horses in 1846. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This second Eumaeus strode hastily down the forest glade, driving before him, with the assistance of Fangs, the whole herd of his inharmonious charge. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Thus a thousand beasts out of the flock and the herd have been slain in ten years' time to feed me, besides what the forest has supplied me with. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The column was halted for a rest, and a number of officers, myself among them, rode out two or three miles to the right to see the extent of the herd. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Devoid of parents, devoid of relations, devoid of flocks and herds, devoid of gold and silver and of precious stones. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- When its herds and flocks have consumed the forage of one part of the country, it removes to another, and from that to a third. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Moonlight is an important thing to herdsmen who no longer merely hunt their herds, but watch and guard them. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Steppe-like conditions, conditions of pasture and shrub, were bringing with them vast herds of wild horse. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Branding in this way was used mostly by cattle raisers when large herds were grazed on the western plains. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He was a huntsman turned herdsman of the herds he once hunted. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- When a Tartar or Arab actually goes to war, he is maintained by his own herds and flocks, which he carries with him, in the same manner as in peace. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- And yet, said he, I think my Saxon countrymen had herded long enough with the Normans, to fall into the tone of their melancholy ditties. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The prisoners were herded into three huts where they were heavily guarded. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Into these we were herded. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The attitude of the common people who tilled the fields and herded the beasts towards the temple would remain simple and credulous. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Or one was a herded slave. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A moment later Tars Tarkas had caught and mounted another, and then between us we herded three or four more toward the great gates. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Through this we passed into an enclosure beneath the seats, where we found a number of other prisoners herded together under guard. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The curates, herding together after their manner, made a constellation of three lesser planets. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She became a perfect Bohemian ere long, herding with people whom it would make your hair stand on end to meet. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Their herding was still blended with hunting; they fought constantly for their pastures against hostile families. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Inputed by Joanna