Meaning

8 senses
  1. (intransitive)To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company.

    Sheep herd on many hills.

    move together, like a herd

  2. (transitive)To unite or associate in a herd

    hüten

  3. (transitive)To manage, care for or guard a herd

    He is employed to herd the goats.

  4. (intransitive)To associate; to ally oneself with, or place oneself among, a group or company.

  5. To move, or be moved, in a group. (of both animals and people)

    On alighting at the station, we were all herded over the footbridge and through a side exit.

    keep, move, or drive animals

  6. (Scotland, intransitive)To act as a herdsman or a shepherd.

    пастиpasti

  7. (transitive)To form or put into a herd.

  8. (transitive)To move or drive a herd.

    I heard the herd of cattle being herded home from a long way away.

    cause to herd, drive, or crowd together

Examples

312 sentences
  1. Tom has a herd of goats.

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  2. Tom saw a small herd of elephants.

    ruТом видел небольшое стадо слонов.

    deTom sah eine kleine Herde Elefanten.

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  3. A giraffe herd has close bonds.

    Стадо жирафів має тісні зв’язки

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  4. The dogs help herd the cattle.

    ruСобаки помогают пасти скот.

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  5. Giraffes travel in herds called towers.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to act as a herdsman:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
intr: to unite or associate in a herd:

Origin

From Middle English herde, heerde, heorde, from Old English hierd, heord (“herd, flock; ke

From Middle English herde, heerde, heorde, from Old English hierd, heord (“herd, flock; keeping, care, custody”), from Proto-West Germanic *herdu, from Proto-Germanic *herdō (“herd”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerdʰ- (“file, row, herd”). Cognate with German Herde, Danish hjord, Swedish hjord. Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian herdhe (“nest”) and Serbo-Croatian krdo.

From Middle English herde, from Old English hirde, hierde, from Proto-West Germanic *hirdī, from Proto-Germanic *hirdijaz. Cognate with German Hirte, Swedish herde, Danish hyrde.

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Forms

herds, herding, herded, herded
Base formherd · to herd
3rd person singularherds
Present participleherding
Past simpleherded
Past participleherded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyherd
he, she, itherds

Past simpleLesson

all personsherded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave herded
he, she, ithas herded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill herd

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • cause to herd, drive, or crowd together:crowd

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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