Defenition of the word herd
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Defenition of the word herd
- ISO 639-6 entity
- To cause to herd, drive, or crowd together.
- A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper.
- Any collection of animals gathered or travelling in company.
- To keep, move, or drive animals.
- a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
- a group of wild animals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra
- move together, like a herd
- cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
- a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things; "his briliance raised him above the ruck"; "the children resembled a fairy herd"
- a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things; "his brilliance raised him above the ruck"; "the children resembled a fairy herd"
- cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; "We herded the children into a spare classroom"
- keep, move, or drive animals; "Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?"
- a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra
- a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things
- keep, move, or drive animals
Synonyms for the word herd
Meronymys for the word herd
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- Bos taurus
- cattle
- cows
- kine
- oxen
- sheep
Hyponyms for the word herd
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- gam
- overcrowd
- remuda
- wrangle
Hypernyms for the word herd
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- animal group
- concourse
- crowd
- crowd together
- displace
- draw together
- keep
- move
- multitude
- throng
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