herd
noun
1. a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
Definition categories: group
2. a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra
Definition categories: group
3. a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things
- the children resembled a fairy herd
Similar word(s): ruck
verb
1. cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
- We herded the children into a spare classroom
Similar word(s): crowd
Definition categories: motion, displace, move
2. move together, like a herd
Definition categories: motion, crowd
3. keep, move, or drive animals
- Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?
Definition categories: stative, keep
Sentences with herd as a verb:
- Sheep herd on many hills.
- I heard the herd of cattle being herded home from a long way away.