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herd
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- pronunciation:
- huhrd
- parts of speech:
- noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Homophone Note, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
any group of domestic or wild animals of the same species that feed and travel together.
The rancher moved his herd to higher ground.
- synonyms:
- flock
- similar words:
- drove, fold, mob, pack, throng
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| definition 2: |
a person who tends and drives a domestic herd of animals (usu. used in combination).
a swineherda goatherd- synonyms:
- drover, herdsman
- similar words:
- cowboy, cowherd, cowman, cowpoke, cowpuncher, gaucho, shepherd, vaquero
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| definition 3: |
a moving crowd of people; mob.
We lost sight of him in the herd of people pushing toward the entrance.- synonyms:
- crowd, flock, multitude, throng
- similar words:
- crush, drove, host, mob
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| definition 4: |
the mass of common people (usu. prec. by "the").
Unable to draw his own conclusions, he just follows the herd.- synonyms:
- crowd, hoi polloi, masses, multitude
- similar words:
- commonality, commonalty, flock, mob, pack, rabble, rout
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| related words: |
confluence, crowd, fleet, multitude, pride, throng |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
herds, herding, herded |
| definition 1: |
to gather or associate as a herd.
We all herded together under the awning.- synonyms:
- crowd, flock
- similar words:
- assemble, cluster, collect, congregate, crush, gather, pack, throng
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| definition 2: |
to live together and travel as a herd.
It is natural for musk oxen to herd.- similar words:
- flock
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| related words: |
agglomerate, bunch, congregate, pile |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to drive, lead, or tend (a herd).
He is herding the cows into the pasture.She herds cattle for a living.- synonyms:
- drove, tend, wrangle
- similar words:
- guard, run, shepherd, watch
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| definition 2: |
to gather or lead (a group of people).
They herded us all into the gym for an announcement.- synonyms:
- shepherd
- similar words:
- bunch, cluster, collect, crowd, gather, guide, pack, round up
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| related words: |
agglomerate, attend, graze, jostle, yard |
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Are you looking for the word heard? Herd and heard sound alike but have different meanings.
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