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(hɜːʳd)
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense herds, present participle herding, past tense, past participle herded
1. countable noun [oft noun NOUN]
A herd is a large group of animals of one kind that live together.
...large herds of elephant and buffalo. [+ of]
...dairy herds.
Synonyms: flock, crowd, collection, mass More Synonyms of herd
2. singular noun
If you say that someone has joined the herd or follows the herd, you are criticizing them because you think that they behave just like everyone else and do not think for themselves.
[disapproval]
They are individuals; they will not follow the herd.
Synonyms: mob, the masses, rabble, populace More Synonyms of herd
3. verb
If you herd people somewhere, you make them move there in a group.
He began to herd the prisoners out. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]
The group was herded into a bus. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]
Synonyms: lead, drive, force, direct More Synonyms of herd
4. verb
If you herd animals, you make them move along as a group.
Stefano used a motor cycle to herd the sheep. [VERB noun]
A boy herded half a dozen camels down towards the water trough. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]
Synonyms: drive, lead, force, guide More Synonyms of herd
More Synonyms of herd

herd in British English 1

(hɜːd)
noun
1. 
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
verb
4. 
to collect or be collected into or as if into a herd
Word origin
Old English heord; related to Old Norse hjörth, Gothic hairda, Old High German herta, Greek kórthus troop

herd in British English 2

(hɜːd)
noun
1. 
a.  archaic or dialect
a person who tends livestock; herdsman
b. 
(in combination)
goatherd
swineherd
verb (transitive)
2. 
to drive forwards in a large group
3. 
to look after (livestock)
Word origin
Old English hirde; related to Old Norse hirthir, Gothic hairdeis, Old High German hirti, Old Saxon hirdi, herdi; see herd1

herd in American English 1

(hɜrd)
noun
1. 
a number of cattle, sheep, or other animals feeding, living, or being driven together
2. 
a. 
any large group suggestive of this; crowd; company
b. 
the common people; masses
a contemptuous term
verb transitive, verb intransitive
3. 
to gather together or move as a herd, group, crowd, etc.
SIMILAR WORDS:  group
Word origin
ME < OE heord, akin to Ger herde < IE base *kerdho-, a row, group > Sans árdha, a herd, troop

herd in American English 2

(hɜrd)
noun
1. 
a herdsman
now chiefly in combination
cowherd, shepherd
verb transitive, verb intransitive
2. 
to tend or drive as a herdsman
Idioms:
ride herd on
Derived forms
herder (ˈherder)
noun
Word origin
ME herde < OE hierde (akin to Ger hirt) < same base as herd1

More idioms containing
herd

ride herd on someone

Examples of 'herd' in a sentence
herd

Firm in your belief that the sheep can be herded somewhere else instead.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It was just so disorganised and the police seemed to be just trying to herd people.
The Sun (2016)
The group of farm workers were taken as they herded sheep, officials said.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
If you have a few thousand acres of land going spare, you could do worse than put a herd of deer on them.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
DEEP in the rolling Hampshire countryside is a farm that produces cheese from a steaming herd of buffalo.
The Sun (2017)
Why not herd sheep at a crossroads?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He spent the day meeting tribal leaders and representatives of the people herded into camps.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Sometimes they succumb to greed and the herd mentality.
John Cassidy DOT.CON (2001)
We journalists tend to move in herds.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
We have a small deer herd there.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
We came closer and saw that it was quite a large herd.
Edward Beauclerk Maurice THE LAST OF THE GENTLEMEN ADVENTURERS: Coming of Age in the Arctic (2004)
The economics of running a dairy herd are horrible.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
For extra drama there was a herd of elephants directly below.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Their herds of sheep were taken in off the fields and meadows and plains.
Keane, Molly & Phipps, Sally Molly Keane's Ireland (1993)
They were used to herd us like cattle.
The Sun (2014)
Our herd mentality can be turned to serve our own good.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This is not mere panic buying by a herd of small investors trying to benefit from what is called a momentum play.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
In the wild the birds feed in groups by herding small fish to be scooped up from the shallows in their giant bills.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Show an elephant a mouse and it will carry on regardless, but angry bees could drive a whole herd to run away.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
When he finally did, cops herded them to buses, which were attacked.
The Sun (2008)

In other languages
herd

British English: herd NOUN
A herd is a large group of animals of one kind that live together.
...large herds of elephant and buffalo.
  • American English: herd
  • Brazilian Portuguese: rebanho
  • Chinese: 兽群
  • European Spanish: manada
  • French: troupeau
  • German: Herde
  • Italian: branco
  • Japanese: 群れ
  • Korean: > 떼동물
  • European Portuguese: rebanho
  • Latin American Spanish: manada
British English: herd VERB
If you herd people somewhere, you make them move there in a group.
He began to herd the prisoners out.
  • American English: herd
  • Brazilian Portuguese: conduzir
  • Chinese: 兽群
  • European Spanish: llevar en manada
  • French: mener
  • German: treiben
  • Italian: guidare
  • Japanese: 誘導する
  • Korean: >이동하게 하다특정 방향으로
  • European Portuguese: conduzir
  • Latin American Spanish: llevar en manada

All related terms of 'herd'

herd-book
a book containing the pedigrees of breeds of pigs , cattle , etc
dairy herd
a herd of cows producing milk
herd tester
a technician trained to test the health and production of milk and butterfat of dairy cows
attested herd
a herd of cattle , etc that has been certified as being free from a disease, esp from tuberculosis
herd immunity
the immunity that occurs when an entire group of animals or people become immune to a particular infection , as with universal vaccination
herd instinct
the inborn tendency to associate with others and follow the group's behaviour
herd mentality
Your mentality is your attitudes and your way of thinking .
herd's-grass
→ redtop
ride herd on
to control a moving herd of ( cattle ) from horseback
ride herd on someone
to supervise other people or their actions or watch them closely

Chinese translation of 'herd'

herd

(həːd)

n (c)

  1. [of cattle, goats] 牧群 (mùqún) (群, qún)

vt

  1. (= drive)
    1. [animals] 牧放 (mùfàng)
    2. [people] 驱(驅)赶(趕) (qūgǎn)
1 (noun) 
Definition
a large group of people
large herds of elephant and buffalo
Synonyms
flock
his flock of advisors
crowd
It took some two hours before the crowd was fully dispersed.
collection
A collection of people of all ages assembled to pay their respects.
mass
A mass of excited people clogged the street.
drove
Scientists are leaving the country in droves.
crush
They got separated from each other in the crush.
mob
a growing mob of demonstrators
swarm
A swarm of people encircled the hotel.
horde
A horde of people was screaming for tickets.
multitude
the multitudes that surround the Pope
throng
An official pushed through the throng.
assemblage
a chaotic assemblage of drifters and ruffians
press
There was still a press of people around the Victoria Memorial.
2 (noun) 
derogatory) 
They are individuals; they will not follow the herd.
Synonyms
mob
If they continue like this, there is a danger of the mob taking over.
the masses
His music is commercial. It is aimed at the masses.
rabble
a rabble of gossip columnists
populace
a large proportion of the populace
the hoi polloi
the plebs
riffraff
1 (verb) 
Definition
to collect or be collected into, or as if into, a herd
The group was herded onto a bus.
Synonyms
lead
He led the country between 1949 and 1984.
drive
Don't expect to be able to drive a car or operate machinery.
force
direct
She will direct day-to-day operations.
guide
She took the bewildered man by the arm and guided him out.
shepherd
She was shepherded by her guards up the rear ramp of the aircraft.
2 (verb) 
A boy herded sheep down towards the lane.
Synonyms
drive
The shepherds drove the sheep up to pasture.
lead
He led him into the house.
force
They forced him to work round-the-clock.
guide
shepherd
3 (verb) 
Definition
to collect or be collected into, or as if into, a herd
Synonyms
congregate
People were already beginning to congregate outside the cinema.
associate
collect
A crowd collected outside.
gather
In the evenings, we gathered round the fire and talked.
rally
assemble
There was nowhere for students to assemble before classes.
flock
The crowds flocked around her.
muster
They mustered in the open, well wrapped and saying little.
huddle
strangers huddling together for warmth

Additional synonyms

in the sense of assemblage
Definition
a collection or group of things
a chaotic assemblage of drifters and ruffians
Synonyms
group,
company,
meeting,
body,
crowd,
collection,
mass,
gathering,
rally,
assembly,
flock,
congregation,
accumulation,
multitude,
throng,
hui (New Zealand),
conclave,
aggregation,
convocation (formal),
runanga (New Zealand)
in the sense of assemble
Definition
to collect or gather together
There was nowhere for students to assemble before classes.
Synonyms
gather,
meet,
collect,
rally,
flock,
accumulate,
come together,
muster,
convene,
congregate,
foregather
in the sense of collect
Definition
to gather together or be gathered together
A crowd collected outside.
Synonyms
assemble,
meet,
rally,
cluster,
come together,
convene,
converge,
congregate,
flock together,
foregather

Synonyms of 'herd'

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