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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
viapiñarse, agruparse
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, kuddeقَطيعстадоstádoflokdie Herdeκοπάδι, αγέληrebaño, manada, piarakariرمهlaumatroupeauעֶדֶרपशुओं का झुण्डkrdo, stokagulya, csordakawananhjörðmandria, branco群れ(짐승의) 떼, 무리banda, kaimenėganāmpulks; barssekawankuddebøling, flokk, hjordstadomanadaturmă, cireadăстадоstádočredastadohjordฝูงสัตว์sürü畜群стадо, табунگروہđàn
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, saamhokيَجْمَع في قَطيعсъбирамshoufovat se, nahnat (do houfu)drive; gennezusammentreibenσυγκεντρώνω, συγκεντρώνομαι, μαζεύω, μαζεύομαιreunir, juntar en manada/rebañokokku koguma, kogunemaگرد آمدنkoota yhteen, kerääntyä yhteen(se) rassembler (en troupeau)לְקַבֵּץझुण्ड में एकत्रित होनाskupiti, voditi u skupiniösszeterelmengumpulkanreka saman, safna samanraggruppare群がる몰아서 모으다, 떼짓다suginti, suvarytiganīt; sadzīt [] barā; sapulcināt; sadzītmengumpulkangroeperen, samendrijvengjete, samle i flokk, drive sammenspędzić, zapędzićjuntara (se) aduna (în grup)сгонять в стадо; собирать вместеzohnať, zhromaždiťnagnatiokupitidriva, låta gå i flockต้อน (ฝูงสัตว์)bir araya toplamak使集中在一起збирати в стадо; скупчуватисяگروہ میں جمع ہوناxua; dồn使
-herd
a person who looks after a herd of certain kinds of animals a goat-herd.-herderراعي القَطيعстадо от определен вид животниpastýř, -ka-hyrdeder Hirte/die Hirtinβοσκόςpastor de...-karjusچران...paimengardien/-ienne (de troupeau)רוֹעֶה-עִיזִיםझुण्डpastirpásztor, csordásgembalahirðirguardiano di (...)牧夫「... 목동」이라는 뜻의 연결형piemuo-gansgembala-herder-gjeter, –vokter, –røkterpastuch, pasterzpastorpăstor (de turme)пастухpastier, -kapastir-goničherdeคนเลี้ยงสัตว์... çobanı, ... sığırtmacı牧人-пасکسی مخصوص جانور کی رکھوالی کرنے والا شخصngười chăn loài vật nào đó
n ˈherdsman [ˈhəːdz-]
a person who looks after a herd of animals. veewagterراعي الماشِيَهпастирpastýř, -kahyrdeder Hirtβοσκόςpastorkarjusچوپانpaimenpâtreרוֹעֶהचरवाहाpastirgulyás, csordásgembalahjarðmaður, hirðirmandriano, pastore牧夫목동piemuoganspenggembalaherdergjeter, røkterpasterzvaqueiropăstorпастухpastier, -kapastirgoničherde, kreatursskötareคนเลี้ยงปศุสัตว์çoban, sığırtmaç牧人пастухجانوروں کے جھنڈ کی رکھوالی کرنے والا شخصngười chăn gia súc
the herd instinct
the tendency to behave, think etc like everyone else. die tropinstink, kuddegeesغريزَة القطيع أو السُّلوك مثل الآخرينстаден инстинктstádní pudflokmentalitetder Herdentriebαγελαίο ένστικτοinstinto gregariokarjainstinktتمایل به تقلید از دیگرانlaumavaistoinstinct grégaireאִינסטִינקט הָעֶדֶרभेड़िया-धंसानnagon gomile, masenyájösztönnaluri umumhópsækni, hjarðleitnigregarismo群居本能군중 심리bandos instinktasbara instinktsnaluri sekawankuddegeesthordeinstinktinstynkt stadnyinstinto gregárioinstinct de turmăстадное чувствоstádový inštinktčredni nagoninstinkt čoporaflockinstinktsürü içgüdüsü普通人的本能стадний інстинктدیھکا دیکھی کرناbản năng bầy đàn

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