Herd

a.	1.	Haired.
n.	1.
	1.	A number of beasts assembled together; as, a herd of horses, oxen, cattle, camels, elephants, deer, or swine; a particular stock or family of cattle. The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea. - Gray.
	2.	A crowd of low people; a rabble. But far more numerous was the herd of such Who think too little and who talk too much. - Dryden. You can never interest the common herd in the abstract question. - Coleridge. Herd's grass (Bot.) one of several species of grass, highly esteemed for hay. See under Grass.
	1.	One who herds or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; - much used in composition; as, a shepherd; a goatherd, and the like.
v. i.	1.	To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company; as, sheep herd on many hills. [imp. & p. p. Herded; p. pr. & vb. n. Herding.]
	2.	To associate; to ally one's self with, or place one's self among, a group or company. I'll herd among his friends, and seem One of the number. - Addison.
	3.	To act as a herdsman or a shepherd.
v. t.	1.	To form or put into a herd.

Noun	1.	herd - a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
	2.	herd - a group of wild animals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra
	3.	herd - a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things; "his brilliance raised him above the ruck"; "the children resembled a fairy herd" Synonyms: ruck
Verb	1.	herd - cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; "We herded the children into a spare classroom" Synonyms: crowd
	2.	herd - move together, like a herd
	3.	herd - keep, move, or drive animals; "Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?"

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