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   herd

   /həːd/

   noun

   • 1. a large group of animals, especially hoofed mammals, that live together or are kept together as livestock: "a herd of elephants" Similar flockdrovepackgroupcollectionfold
   • ▪ a large group of people with a shared characteristic: "I dodged herds of joggers" Similar crowdgroupbunchhordemassmobhostpackmultitudethrongswarmarmycompanypressthe common peoplethe massesthe publicthe peoplethe rank and filethe populacethe multitudethe crowdthe commonalitythe commonaltythe third estatethe plebeiansderogatory:the hoi polloithe mobthe proletariatthe common herdthe rabblethe riff-raffthe canaillethe ragtag (and bobtail)the great unwashedthe prolesthe plebsthe peasantsOpposite the elite

   verb

   • 1. (with reference to a group of people or animals) move in a group: "they were herded into a bus" Similar driveround upshepherdgathercollectassembleguidekettlecrowdpackflockclusterhuddlegroupgather
   • 2. keep or look after (livestock): "they live by herding reindeer" Similar look aftertake care ofkeeptendwatchwatch overmindguardOpposite neglect

   Word Origin Old Englishheord, of Germanic origin; related to German Herde.

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   What is the verb for herd?

   • herd. verb [ T ] us. Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio. / hɜrd /. to move together as a group, or to cause animals or people to move together in a group: The teachers herded the children into buses. (Definizione di herd dal Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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   What is the meaning of herded?

   • (redirected from herded) Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Medical, Encyclopedia. Related to herded: heard. 1. Literally, to separate or remove (and usually kill) inferior animals out of a herd so as to reduce numbers or remove undesirable traits from the group as a whole.

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   What does herd stand for?

   • design. HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal,10 (1), 13-22. National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) (2018). U.S. billion-dollar

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   a large group of animals of the same type that live and feed together: a herd of cattle / elephants / goats. mainly disapproving. a large group of people that is considered together as a group and not separately: Poor Janine - she just follows the herd (= does what all the other people are doing).

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   Herd definition: a number of animals kept, feeding, or traveling together; drove; flock. See examples of HERD used in a sentence.

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   A herd is a bunch of animals — or people who act like a bunch of animals. It's also a verb — when people herd animals, they try to keep them moving in the same direction. A herd usually refers to a group of animals with hooves, like cows or sheep (meat-eating animals like wolves cruise around in packs).

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   A herd is a group of animals or people that stay together for a specific purpose or out of habit. Learn the different meanings, usage, and idioms of the word herd from various dictionaries and sources.

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