herd¹ /hûrd/

1. A collective term for a company of animals, esp large animals, or of birds that habitually keep together
2. A group of domestic animals, esp cows or pigs, with or without a guardian
3. A stock of cattle
4. The people regarded as a mass, as acting from contagious impulse, or merely in contempt
5. The rabble

1. To associate (as if) in herds
2. To live like an animal in a herd

1. To put in a herd
2. To drive together

herdˈer noun

herdˈ-book noun

A pedigree book of cattle or pigs

herd instinct noun

The instinct that urges men or animals to act upon contagious impulses or to follow the herd

herdsˈman noun

A keeper of a herd

herd² /hûrd/

(esp in combination) a keeper of a herd or flock (of a particular animal, as in goatherd, swineherd, etc)

1. To tend
2. To harbour

To act as herd

herdˈess noun fem (rare)

herdˈboy noun

1. A boy who acts as shepherd, cowherd, etc
2. A cowboy

herdˈ-groom noun (archaic)

1. A herdsman
2. Shepherd boy

herdˈman noun (obsolete)

A herdsman

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