herd

herd

drove or flock of animals; guard or protect: The shepherd will herd the sheep.

Not to be confused with:

heard – past tense of hear; listened to: I heard the news today.

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herd

 (hûrd)

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. The multitude of common people regarded as a mass: "It is the luxurious and dissipated who set the fashions which the herd so diligently follow" (Henry David Thoreau).

v. herd·ed, herd·ing, herds

v.intr.

To come together in a herd: The sheep herded for warmth.

v.tr.

1. To gather, keep, or drive (animals) in a herd.

2. To tend (sheep or cattle).

3. To gather and place into a group or mass: herded the children into the auditorium.

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[Middle English, from Old English heord.]

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herd′er n.

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herd

(hɜːd)

n

1. (Zoology) a large group of mammals living and feeding together, esp a group of cattle, sheep, etc

2. often derogatory a large group of people

3. derogatory the large mass of ordinary people

vb

to collect or be collected into or as if into a herd

[Old English heord; related to Old Norse hjörth, Gothic hairda, Old High German herta, Greek kórthus troop]

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herd

(hɜːd)

n

(Agriculture)

a. archaic or dialect a man or boy who tends livestock; herdsman

b. (in combination): goatherd; swineherd.

vb (tr)

1. to drive forwards in a large group

2. (Agriculture) to look after (livestock)

[Old English hirde; related to Old Norse hirthir, Gothic hairdeis, Old High German hirti, Old Saxon hirdi, herdi; see herd¹]

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herd¹

(hɜrd)

n.

1. a number of animals feeding, traveling, or kept together; drove; flock: a herd of zebras; a herd of sheep; a herd of cattle.

2. a large group of people; crowd; mob: a herd of autograph seekers.

3. a large group of things.

4. the herd, the common people; masses: to follow the herd.

v.i.

5. to unite or move in a herd; assemble or associate as a herd.

v.t.

6. to gather into or as if into a herd.

Idioms:

ride herd on, to maintain control or discipline over.

[before 1000; Middle English; Old English heord, c. Old High German herta, Old Norse hjǫrth, Gothic hairda]

usage: See collective noun.

herd²

(hɜrd)

v.t.

1. to tend, drive, or lead (cattle, sheep, etc.).

2. to conduct or drive (a group of people) to a destination.

[before 900; Middle English herd(e),hirde, Old English hierde, c. Old High German hirti, Old Norse hirthir, Gothic hairdeis; derivative of herd¹]

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herd

• cutting horse - One trained to cut cattle out of a herd.
• pointer, point man - A pointer or point man was first a cowboy riding at the front of a herd of cattle.
• egregious - First meant "remarkably good" and "standing out or apart from the flock or herd; eminent"; its later derogatory sense is probably an ironical use.
• herd - As a verb, it first meant "keep safe, shelter."

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Herd

 a number of animals assembled together, chiefly large animals; a crowd of common people. See also flock, rabble.

Examples: herd of antelopes; of asses; of attributes; of bison; of boars, 1735; of buffalo; of camels; of caribou, 1577; of cattle; of chamois, 1860; of cranes, 1470; of curlew; of deer, 1470; of elephants, 1875; of fallow beasts, 1576; of giraffes; of goats, 1700; of harlots, 1486; of harts, 1486; of coaches, 1618; of ibex; of mankind, 1665; of moose; of oxen; of parasites, 1818; of ponies; of porpoises, 1675; of seals, 1897; of swans, 1470; of swine, 1526; of sycophants; of whales, 1839; of wolves, 1697; of wrens, 1470.

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herd

Past participle: herded
Gerund: herding

Imperative

herd

herd

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	herd - a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans Bos taurus, cattle, cows, kine, oxen - domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen" sheep - woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat animal group - a group of animals remuda - the herd of horses from which those to be used the next day are chosen
	2.	herd - a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra animal group - a group of animals gam - a herd of whales
	3.	herd - a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things; "his brilliance raised him above the ruck"; "the children resembled a fairy herd" ruck concourse, throng, multitude - a large gathering of people
Verb	1.	herd - cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; "We herded the children into a spare classroom" crowd move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" overcrowd - cause to crowd together too much; "The students overcrowded the cafeteria"
	2.	herd - move together, like a herd crowd together, crowd - to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah"
	3.	herd - keep, move, or drive animals; "Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?" keep - raise; "She keeps a few chickens in the yard"; "he keeps bees" wrangle - herd and care for; "wrangle horses"

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herd

noun

1. flock, crowd, collection, mass, drove, crush, mob, swarm, horde, multitude, throng, assemblage, press large herds of elephant and buffalo

2. (Often disparaging) mob, the masses, rabble, populace, the hoi polloi, the plebs, riffraff They are individuals; they will not follow the herd.

verb

1. lead, drive, force, direct, guide, shepherd The group was herded onto a bus.

2. drive, lead, force, guide, shepherd A boy herded sheep down towards the lane.

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herd

verb

To urge to move along:

drive, run.

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Translations

قَطيعيَجْمَع في قَطيع

stádonahnatshoufovat se

flokgennehjordhobhyrde

HerdeHirtHirtezusammentreiben

αγέληκοπάδι

manadarebañopiarareunirsetropel

laumaliittyäpaimenpaimentaarahvas

troupeaurassembler

אספסוףלהקהעדררועה

csordagulyanyájösszeterelpásztor

hjörîreka saman, safna saman

mandriamandrianopastoreraggruppareraggrupparsi

bandos instinktaskaimenėpiemuosugintisuvaryti

barsganāmpulksganītsadzītsadzīt barā

herderkudde

bølingdrive sammengjetehjordsamle i flokk

pasterzstadotrzoda

bas fondcambadacanalhacholdracorja

стадогурт

čredakrdelo

stado

bir araya toplamaksürü

使集中在一起畜群

herd

[hɜːd]

A. N [of cattle] → rebaño m, manada f; [of goats] → rebaño m; [of elephants] → manada f; [of pigs] → piara f; [of people] → multitud f, tropel m
the common herd → el vulgo, las masas

B. VT (= drive, gather) [+ animals] → llevar en manada; [+ people] → reunir

C. CPD herd instinct N → instinto m gregario

herd together

A. VI + ADV → apiñarse, agruparse

B. VT + ADV → agrupar, reunir

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herd

[ˈhɜː^rd]

n

[cows] → troupeau m; [wild animals, swine] → troupeau m

vt

(= drive) [+ animals] → mener (en troupeau), conduire

[+ people]
We were herded onto a bus → On nous fit monter dans un bus.
to be herded into a place → être parqué(e) dans un endroit

herd together

vi [people] → se serrer les uns contre les autres

vt sep
to be herded together [people] → être entassésherd instinct n → instinct m grégaire

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herd

n (of cattle etc) → Herde f; (of deer) → Rudel nt; (fig pej: of people) → Herde f, → Schar f; the common herd → die breite Masse; to follow the herd (fig) → der Herde folgen, mit der Herde laufen

vt

(= drive) sheep, cattle, prisoners → treiben

(= tend) cattle → hüten

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herd

[hɜːd]

1. n (of cattle, horses) → mandria; (of wild animals, swine) → branco; (of people) (pej) the (common) herd → il gregge

2. vt (drive, gather, animals) → guidare; (people) → radunare

herd together

1. vt + adv → radunare

2. vi + adv → stringersi uno vicino all'altro

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herd

(həːd) noun

a group of animals of one kind that stay, or are kept, together. a herd of cattle; a herd of elephant(s). trop, kudde قَطيع стадо manada stádo die Herde flok κοπάδι, αγέληrebaño, manada, piara kari رمه lauma troupeauעדר पशुओं का झुण्ड krdo, stoka gulya, csorda kawanan hjörð mandria, branco 群れ (보통 대형의 동물, 특히 소, 돼지의) 떼 banda, kaimenė ganāmpulks; bars sekawan kuddebøling, flokk, hjordstado رمه ، ګورم ګله manada turmă, cireadă стадо stádo čreda stado hjord ฝูงสัตว์ sürü (同類)獸群 стадо, табун گروہ đàn 畜群

verb

to gather together, or be brought together, in a group. The dogs herded the sheep together; The tourists were herded into a tiny room. aankeer, saamhok يَجْمَع في قَطيع събирам juntar shoufovat se, nahnat (do houfu) zusammentreiben drive; genne συγκεντρώνω, συγκεντρώνομαι, μαζεύω, μαζεύομαιreunir, juntar en manada/rebaño kokku koguma, kogunema گرد آمدن paimentaa rassembler לְקַבֵּץ झुण्ड में एकत्रित होना skupiti, voditi u skupini összeterel mengumpulkan reka saman, safna saman raggruppare 群がる 떼짓게 하다, 모으다 suginti, suvaryti ganīt; sadzīt [] barā; sapulcināt; sadzīt mengumpulkan groeperen, samendrijvengjete, samle i flokk, drive sammenspędzić, zapędzić یو ځای کیدل juntar a (se) aduna (în grup) сгонять в стадо; собирать вместе zohnať, zhromaždiť nagnati okupiti driva, låta gå i flock ต้อน (ฝูงสัตว์) bir araya toplamak 聚集成群，集中成群 збирати в стадо; скупчуватися گروہ میں جمع ہونا xua; dồn 使集中在一起

-herd

a person who looks after a herd of certain kinds of animals. a goat-herd. -herder راعي القَطيع стадо от определен вид животни pastor pastýř, -ka der Hirte/die Hirtin -hyrde βοσκός pastor de... -karjus چران... -paimen gardien/-ienne (de troupeau) רוֹעֶה-עִיזִים झुण्ड pastir pásztor, csordás gembala hirðir guardiano di (...) 牧夫 목동 piemuo -gans gembala -herder -gjeter, –vokter, –røkter pastuch, pasterz ګورم ګله pastor păstor (de turme) пастух pastier, -ka pastir -gonič herde คนเลี้ยงสัตว์ ... çobanı, ... sığırtmacı 牧人 -пас کسی مخصوص جانور کی رکھوالی کرنے والا شخص người chăn loài vật nào đó 牧人

ˈherdsman (ˈhəːdz-) noun

a person who looks after a herd of animals. veewagter راعي الماشِيَه пастир vaqueiro pastýř, -ka der Hirt hyrde βοσκόςpastor karjus چوپان paimen pâtreרועה चरवाहा pastir gulyás, csordás gembala hjarðmaður, hirðir mandriano, pastore 牧夫 가축을 돌보는 사람 piemuo gans penggembala herdergjeter, røkterpasterz مال ولا ، ګورم والا مالدار ګله دار vaqueiro păstor пастух pastier, -ka pastir gonič herde, kreatursskötare คนเลี้ยงปศุสัตว์ çoban, sığırtmaç 牧人 пастух جانوروں کے جھنڈ کی رکھوالی کرنے والا شخص người chăn gia súc 牧人

the herd instinct

the tendency to behave, think etc like everyone else. die tropinstink, kuddegees غريزَة القطيع أو السُّلوك مثل الآخرين стаден инстинкт instinto gregário stádní pud der Herdentrieb flokmentalitet αγελαίο ένστικτο instinto gregario karjainstinkt تمایل به تقلید از دیگران laumakäyttäytyminen instinct grégaire אִינסטִינקט הָעֶדֶר भेड़िया-धंसान nagon gomile, mase nyájösztön naluri umum hópsækni, hjarðleitni gregarismo 群居本能 군집 본능 bandos instinktas bara instinkts naluri sekawan kuddegeest hordeinstinkt instynkt stadny كاپي كولو ته مينه دلودل،تقليد instinto gregário instinct de turmă стадное чувство stádový inštinkt čredni nagon instinkt čopora flockinstinkt การกระทำตามคนหมู่มาก sürü içgüdüsü 群起效尤的本能 стадний інстинкт دیھکا دیکھی کرنا bản năng bầy đàn 群集本能，普通人的本能

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