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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024herd•er (hûr′dər),USA pronunciation n. - a person in charge of a herd, esp. of cattle or sheep.
Her•der (her′dər),USA pronunciation n. Jo•hann Gott•fried von (yō′hän gôt′frēt fən),USA pronunciation 1744–1803, German philosopher and poet.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024herd1 /hɜrd/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a number of animals feeding, traveling, or kept together;
drove;
flock:a herd of zebras. - Slang Termsa cohesive group of people;
crowd:a herd of autograph seekers. - the herd, people in general;
masses:didn't associate with the common herd.
v. - to unite or move in a herd:[no object]The tourists all herded into the tiny restaurant.
- to gather into or as if into a herd:[~ + object]The guide herded her tourists into the ancient cathedral.
Idioms- Idioms ride herd on, [ ~ + obj] to maintain control or discipline over:rode herd on the employees.
herd•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024herd1 (hûrd),USA pronunciation n. - a number of animals kept, feeding, or traveling together;
drove;
flock:a herd of cattle;a herd of sheep;a herd of zebras. - Slang Terms[Sometimes Disparaging.]a large group of people:The star was mobbed by a herd of autograph seekers.
- any large quantity:a herd of bicycles.
- the herd, the common people;
masses;
rabble:He had no opinions of his own, but simply followed the herd. - Idioms ride herd on, to have charge or control of;
maintain discipline over:He rode herd on 40 students in each class.
v.i. - to unite or go in a herd;
assemble or associate as a herd.
- bef. 1000; Middle English; Old English heord; cognate with Gothic hairda, German Herde
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See flock 1.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged crowd, mob.
herd2 (hûrd),USA pronunciation n. - a herdsman (usually used in combination):a cowherd;a goatherd;a shepherd.
v.t. - to tend, drive, or lead (cattle, sheep, etc.).
- to conduct or drive (a group of people) to a destination:The teacher herded the children into the classroom.
- bef. 900; Middle English herd(e), hirde, Old English hierde; cognate with Gothic hairdeis, German Hirt(e); derivative of herd1
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged guard, protect, watch.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Herder /German: ˈhɛrdər/ n - Johann Gottfried von (joˈhan ˈɡɔtfriːt fɔn). 1744–1803, German philosopher, critic, and poet, the leading figure in the Sturm und Drang movement in German literature. His chief work is Outlines of a Philosophy of the History of Man (1784–91)
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