herdnoun [ C, + sing/pl verb ]
uk/hɜːd/us/hɝːd/a large group of animals of the same type that live and feed together:
a herd of cattle/elephants/goats
mainly disapproving a large group of people that is considered together as a group and not separately:
Poor Janine - she just follows the herd (= does what all the other people are doing).
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Animal groupings
- bevy
- biomass
- brood
- colony
- covey
- drove
- eusocial
- flight
- flock
- gaggle
- hive
- menagerie
- pack
- pair
- pod
- pride
- shoal
- skein
- stud
- team
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Groups of people
herdverb
uk/hɜːd/us/hɝːd/[ I or T, + adv/prep ] to make animals move together as a group:
An old woman was herding the goats.
[ T + adv/prep ] mainly disapproving to make people move somewhere as a group, often against their wishes or with difficulty
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Taking someone somewhere or telling them the way
- accompany
- bring
- bring sb/sth along
- chaperone
- come
- come along
- convoy
- direct
- docent
- drop
- guide
- lead 1
- see sb off
- shepherd
- show sb around (sth)
- show sb over sth
- show sb round (sth)
- steer
- usherette
- walk
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