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Definitions of herd:

  • noun:   a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
  • noun:   a group of wild animals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra
  • noun:   a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things
    Example: "The children resembled a fairy herd"
  • verb:   keep, move, or drive animals
    Example: "Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?"
  • verb:   move together, like a herd
  • verb:   cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
    Example: "We herded the children into a spare classroom"
  • name:  A surname (rare: 1 in 50000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #5583)


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