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herd

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herd  (hûrd)
n.
1.
a. A group of cattle or other domestic animals of a single kind kept together for a specific purpose.
b. A number of wild animals of one species 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). See Synonyms at flock1.
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.

[Middle English, from Old English heord.]

herd
Noun
1. a large group of mammals, esp. cattle living and feeding together
2. Often disparaging a large group of people
Verb
to collect or be collected into or as if into a herd [Old English heord]

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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.herdherd - 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"
concourse, throng, multitude - a large gathering of people
Verb1.herd - cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; "We herded the children into a spare classroom"
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"

herd
noun 2. (Often disparaging) mob, the masses, rabble, populace, the hoi polloi, the plebs, riffraff
Translations
herd [həːd] nrebaño; [of wild animals, swine] → piara
vt (= drive, gather) [+ animals] → llevar en manada: [+ people]; reunir
herd together vtagrupar, reunir

herd [həːd] ntroupeau m [of wild animals, swine]; troupeau, troupe f
vt (= drive) [+ animals, people] → mener, conduire (= gather); rassembler;
herded together → parqués (comme du bétail)

herd [həːd] nHerde f;
(of wild animals) → Rudel nt
vttreiben;
(gather) → zusammentreiben;
herded together → zusammengetrieben

herd [həːd] nmandria; [of wild animals, swine] → branco
vt (= drive, gather) [+ animals] → guidare: [+ people]; radunare;
herded together → ammassati (come bestie)

herd
n herd [həːd]
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 stádo flok die Herde κοπάδι, αγέλη rebaño, manada, piara kari رمه lauma troupeau עֶדֶר पशुओं का झुण्ड krdo, stoka gulya, csorda kawanan hjörð mandria, branco 群れ (짐승의) 떼, 무리 banda, kaimenė ganāmpulks; bars sekawan kudde bøling, flokk, hjord stado manada turmă, cireadă стадо stádo čreda stado hjord ฝูงสัตว์ sürü 畜群 стадо, табун گروہ đàn
v
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 shoufovat se, nahnat (do houfu) drive; genne zusammentreiben συγκεντρώνω, συγκεντρώνομαι, μαζεύω, μαζεύομαι reunir, juntar en manada/rebaño kokku koguma, kogunema گرد آمدن koota yhteen, kerääntyä yhteen (se) rassembler (en troupeau) לְקַבֵּץ झुण्ड में एकत्रित होना skupiti, voditi u skupini összeterel mengumpulkan reka saman, safna saman raggruppare 群がる 몰아서 모으다, 떼짓다 suginti, suvaryti ganīt; sadzīt [] barā; sapulcināt; sadzīt mengumpulkan groeperen, samendrijven gjete, samle i flokk, drive sammen spędzić, zapędzić 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 使集中在一起 збирати в стадо; скупчуватися گروہ میں جمع ہونا xua; dồn 使集中
-herd
a person who looks after a herd of certain kinds of animals a goat-herd. -herder راعي القَطيع стадо от определен вид животни pastýř, -ka -hyrde der Hirte/die Hirtin βοσκός pastor de... -karjus چران... paimen gardien/-ienne (de troupeau) רוֹעֶה-עִיזִים झुण्ड pastir pásztor, csordás gembala hirðir guardiano di (...) 牧夫 「... 목동」이라는 뜻의 연결형 piemuo -gans gembala -herder -gjeter, –vokter, –røkter pastuch, pasterz 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
n herdsman [ˈhəːdz-]
a person who looks after a herd of animals. veewagter راعي الماشِيَه пастир pastýř, -ka hyrde der Hirt βοσκός pastor karjus چوپان paimen pâtre רוֹעֶה चरवाहा pastir gulyás, csordás gembala hjarðmaður, hirðir mandriano, pastore 牧夫 목동 piemuo gans penggembala herder gjeter, røkter pasterz 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
the herd instinct
the tendency to behave, think etc like everyone else. die tropinstink, kuddegees غريزَة القطيع أو السُّلوك مثل الآخرين стаден инстинкт stádní pud flokmentalitet der Herdentrieb αγελαίο ένστικτο instinto gregario karjainstinkt تمایل به تقلید از دیگران laumavaisto instinct grégaire אִינסטִינקט הָעֶדֶר भेड़िया-धंसान nagon gomile, mase nyájösztön naluri umum hópsækni, hjarðleitni gregarismo 群居本能 군중 심리 bandos instinktas bara instinkts naluri sekawan kuddegeest hordeinstinkt instynkt stadny instinto gregário instinct de turmă стадное чувство stádový inštinkt čredni nagon instinkt čopora flockinstinkt sürü içgüdüsü 普通人的本能 стадний інстинкт دیھکا دیکھی کرنا bản năng bầy đàn 人的


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When the priest scolded him, Mowgli threatened to put him on the donkey too, and the priest told Messua's husband that Mowgli had better be set to work as soon as possible; and the village head-man told Mowgli that he would have to go out with the buffaloes next day, and herd them while they grazed.
At night when he was going to drive the herd home again, he said to the calf: 'If you can stand there and eat your fill, you can also go on your four legs; I don't care to drag you home again in my arms.
As I had been scrutinizing this weird monstrosity the balance of the herd had fed quite close to me and I now saw that while many had the smaller specimens dangling from them, not all were thus equipped, and I further noted that the little ones varied in size from what appeared to be but tiny unopened buds an inch in diameter through various stages of development to the full-fledged and perfectly formed creature of ten to twelve inches in length.
 
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