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- Dictionaryherd/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
verb
- 1. (with reference to a group of people or animals) move in a group: "they were herded into a bus" Similar
- 2. keep or look after (livestock): "they live by herding reindeer" Similar Opposite
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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).
How to use herd in a sentence. a typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control; a congregation of gregarious wild animals… See the full definition
Herd definition: a number of animals kept, feeding, or traveling together; drove; flock. See examples of HERD used in a sentence.
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).
Definition of herd noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Herd definition: A group of cattle or other domestic animals of a single kind kept together for a specific purpose.
n. 1. a. A group of cattle or other large herbivorous mammals of a single kind kept together for a specific purpose. b. A number of wild animals of one species, especially large herbivorous mammals, that remain together as a group: a herd of elephants. 2. a. A large number of people; a crowd: a herd of stranded passengers. b.
A herd is a large group of animals of one kind that live together. Chobe is also renowned for its large herds of elephant and buffalo. Synonyms: flock, crowd, collection, mass More Synonyms of herd. 2. singular noun.
1. A herd is a large group of animals of one kind that live together. [...] 2. If you say that someone has joined the herd or follows the herd, you are criticizing them because you think that they behave just like everyone else and do not think for themselves. [disapproval] [...] 3. If you herd people somewhere, you make them move there in a group.
a large group of animals such as cows that live and eat together: a herd of cattle / deer. herd. verb [ T ] uk / hɜːd / us. If people or animals are herded somewhere, they are moved there in a group: [ often passive ] The passengers were quickly herded onto a bus.
