herd
To unite or associate in a herdTo unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company.
» Tom has a herd of goats.
Meaning
8 senses(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
(transitive)To unite or associate in a herd
hüten
(transitive)To manage, care for or guard a herd
He is employed to herd the goats.
(intransitive)To associate; to ally oneself with, or place oneself among, a group or company.
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
(Scotland, intransitive)To act as a herdsman or a shepherd.
пастиpasti
(transitive)To form or put into a herd.
(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 sentencesTom has a herd of goats.
Tom saw a small herd of elephants.
ruТом видел небольшое стадо слонов.
deTom sah eine kleine Herde Elefanten.
A giraffe herd has close bonds.
Стадо жирафів має тісні зв’язки
The dogs help herd the cattle.
ruСобаки помогают пасти скот.
Giraffes travel in herds called towers.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English herde, heerde, heorde, from Old English hierd, heord (“herd, flock; keFrom 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, herdedSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle