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herd en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /hɝd/ (General-American)
  • (General-American) audio
  • /hɜːd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. (collective) A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper.
    • a herd of goats
    • a herd of cattle
    • a herd of sheep
    • The lowing herd wind slowly o’er the lea. 1768, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard:
  2. (collective) Any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company.
    • Zebras can also be called a herd or a zeal. 2019 June 6, “A Gaggle, a Confusion and a Conspiracy - Bizarre Animal Collective Group Names”, in BBC, archived from the original on 01 Apr 2021:
    • Zakouma is the last place on Earth where you can see more than a thousand elephants on the move in a single, compact herd. 2007 March, J. Michael Fay, “Ivory Wars: Last Stand in Zakouma”, in National Geographic, section 47:
  3. (derogatory, usually) A crowd, a mass of people or things; a rabble.
    • You can never interest the common herd in the abstract question. 1833 June 8, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, “(please specify the chapter)”, in H[enry] N[elson] C[oleridge], editor, Specimens of the Table Talk of the Late Samuel Taylor Coleridge. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], published 1835, →OCLC:
    • There were herds of leather sofas and enough computers to ensure that no prospective matriculant or visiting parent could enter a room and not see at least one available keyboard, not even in the dining hall or field house. 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
    • I was never one to follow the herd.
    • But far more numerous vvas the herd of ſuch, / VVho think too little, and vvho talk too much. 1681, [John Dryden], Absalom and Achitophel. A Poem, London: […] J[acob] T[onson] and are to be sold by W. Davis […], →OCLC, page 17:
  4. (collective) A collection of things, especially vehicles.
    • Herds of buses spread across the streets.

Forms

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Deriveds

herd instinct · intraherd · share-herd · flerd · subherd · bot herd · herdboy · thin the herd · herdthink · herdwide · herdman · herdful · herd immunity · put the herd on someone · herd mentality · herdlike · herdgroom · herd path · herdowner · herdsboy · herdswoman · interherd · thundering herd problem · herdbook · herd boar · share herd · herd behaviour · herdess · thundering herd · herdless

Hyponyms

parade (group of elephants)

Translations (352)

ht bann bèt (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · mi whakataka (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · hi झुंड (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · pt escória (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · hy նախիր (cattle assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · ug پادا (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · pt patuleia (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · pt choldra (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · bo ཁྱུ (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · cu стадо (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · fi lauma (pigs assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · tk süri (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · bg черда́ (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · sq tufë (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · eo bestaro (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · el κοπάδι (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · uz poda (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · bn গোকুল (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · ca ramat (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · hy բոլուկ (pigs assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · sdc masoni (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · tr sürü (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · vi bầy (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · mi whakataka (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · ar قَطِيع (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · got 𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌸𐌿𐍃 (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · bdk нехи́р (cattle assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · ru гурт (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · be ста́так (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · tg пода (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · sw kundi (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · th ฝูง (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · it gregge (sheep assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · sk črieda (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · ro ciopor (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · mi rāhui (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · km ហ្វូង (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · eo aro (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · nb flokk (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · eo porkaro (pigs assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · ca ramat (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · pt súcia (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · gl veceira (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · fi lauma (horses assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · gl grea (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · az sürü (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · ba көтөү (cattle assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · gl manda (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · vo bupajep (cattle assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · enm herde (sheep assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · hi गल्ला (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · sl čreda (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · ar قَطِيع (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · it cricca (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · da hob (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · enm herde (cattle assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · da flok (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · el αγέλη (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · ga tréad (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · es rebaño (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · km ផូង (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · yi סטאַדע (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · vi bầy (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · alt ӱӱр (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · tg рама (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · ota خرگله (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · ru табу́н (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · ota سوری (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · az sürü (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · lo ຫມູ່ (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · nl kudde (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · sc armentu (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · kmr naxir (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · nrf fliotchet (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · tyv сүрүг (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · hu csorda (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · uz gala (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · ky үйүр (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · os дзуг (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · km ហ្វូង (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · eu multzo (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · bg чарда́ (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · pl stado (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · ast rebañu (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · nb flokk (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · de Herde (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · fi katras (sheep assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · it mandria (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · ko 무리 (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · ru ста́до (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · sv massa (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · grc ἀγέλη (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · enm herde (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · gl rabaño (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · de Herde (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · swb ɓangwe (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · vi đàn (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · es rebaño (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · eo paŝtataro (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · sh ста̏до (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · cop ⲁⲅⲉⲗⲏ (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · ro turmă (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · cmn 群眾 /群众 (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · be ста́так (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · ota سوری (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · sh чре́да (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · da hjord (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · pl stado (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · de Pferdeherde (horses assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · sc masòne (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · pl trzoda (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · uk ста́до (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · sq tufë (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · dsb stadło (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · mnc ᠠᡩᡠᠨ (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · sh стадо (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · pt corja (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · pdt Häad (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · it accozzaglia (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · sq grigjë (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · sh stȁdo (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · mi kāhui (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · ro cârd (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · sh čréda (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · ko(a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · sh чре́до (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · la armentum (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · it ciurma (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · et kari (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · be табу́н (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · fa گله (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · ota سوری (cattle assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · mi rāngai (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · ota سوری (sheep assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · be чарада́ (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · es manada (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · be чарада́ (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · oc ramat (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · ba көтөү (sheep assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · ja 群れ (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · ang heord (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · be ста́да (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · hu csorda (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · id kawanan (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · km ពពួក (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · ru ста́до (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · ba өйөр (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · fi lauma (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · nb hjord (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · lb Häerd (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · sdn armentu (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · fa رمه (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · mi rāngai (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · fi lauma (cattle assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · pt cambada (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · it armento (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · ota سوری (pigs assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · hy երամակ (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · pt manada (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · ba көтөү (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · tg рама (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · non hjǫrð (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · it masnada (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · fi lauma (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · cmn 獸群 /兽群 (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · lo ຍູຖະ (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · ka ჯოგი (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · eo ĉevalaro (horses assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · uk табу́н (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · uk ота́ра (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · ka ჯოგი (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · tt көтү (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · sk stádo (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · lo ຝູງ (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · fa رمه (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · da hjord (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · uk череда́ (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · be ста́дак (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · eo grego (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · sq kope (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · sc masoni (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · ht troupo (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · pl stado (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · mk то́лпа (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · he לַהֲקָה (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · ko(a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · mi māpu (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · fr troupeau (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · ru табу́н (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · el αγέλη (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · enm herde (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · kk табын (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · es rebaño (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · ru толпа́ (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · sv hop (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · hy ամբոխ (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · km ពពួក (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · ka ნახირი (cattle assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · hu konda (pigs assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · hu csorda (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · ckb گەلە (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · ug پادا (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · kmr kerî (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · cs stádo (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · th หมู่ (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · kmr celeb (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · pt canalha (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · it branco (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · arz قطيع (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · ota سوری (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · hu ménes (horses assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · mi rāhui (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · cmn(a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · fa فسیله (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · tyv кодан (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · ro cireadă (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · bg табу́н (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · kk табын (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · it accolita (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · et kari (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · be ста́да (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · it masseria (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · tkr нехир (cattle assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · cu чрѣда (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · mn агт (horses assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · sq bagëti (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · hu gulya (cattle assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · mk ста́до (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · hy հոտ (sheep assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · lt kaimenė (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · sh krdo (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · sh črédo (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · ja 群衆 (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · ko 무리 (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · mn сүрэг (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · fr troupeau (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · pt malta (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · rut нехир (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · pt rebanho (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · ja 群れ (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · lez нехи́р (cattle assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · orv стадо (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · pt vulgo (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · lo ຝູງ (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · es hato (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · pt populacho (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · pt vara (pigs assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · uk ста́до (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · is hjörð (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · eo brutaro (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · pt povinho (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · sh стадо (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · hsb stadło (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · gl fato (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · eo (samspecaj bestoj) grego (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · enm herde (pigs assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · uz poda (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · nb bøling (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · ur گلہ (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · az naxır (cattle assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · ar قَطِيع (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · sq dhen (sheep assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · ko 군중 (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · mk ста́до (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · la grex (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · la agmen (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · hy երամակ (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · eo šafaro (sheep assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · cs stádo (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · tt көтү (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · fa گله (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · el κοπάδι (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · fi lauma (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · pt plebe (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · la agmen (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · orv череда (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · zdj ndzizi (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · nrf fliotchet (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · km និករ (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · yi טשערעדע (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · cmn(any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · mi kāhui (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · sc gama (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · km ផូង (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · lv ganāmpulks (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · ba көтөү (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · nb horde (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · he עֵדֶר (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · et parv (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · cu ⱄⱅⰰⰴⱁ (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · tg гала (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · vo jipajep (sheep assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · sl stado (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · sk stádo (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · he אֲסַפְסוּף (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · uk ту́рма (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · ky үйүр (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · bg ста́до (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · mn сүрэг (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · ps رمه (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · egy i-d:r-idr-E1 (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · tg гала (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · sv hjord (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · tg пода (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · sv hjord (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · my သိုးအုပ် (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · it armento (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · am መንጋ (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · uk гурт (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · be гурт (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · uk череда́ (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · la grex (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · ms sekawanan (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · vo lalpajep (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · sh крдо (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · pt gentalha (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · sq grigjë (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · ja(any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · he עֵדֶר (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · hy հոտ (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · it mandria (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · vo jep (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · ms kawanan (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · fi väkijoukko (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · sl čreda (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · ru ста́до (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · pt bas fond (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · ru табу́н (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · egy i-d:r-idr-E1 (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · is stóð (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · vi đàn (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · bn পশুপালক (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · pt ralé (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · ota سوری (horses assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · lv ganāmpulks (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · sh stado (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · tr sürü (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · eo bovaro (cattle assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · hu nyáj (sheep assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · ro turmă (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · th ฝูง (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · dsb stadło (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · grc ἀγέλη (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · bg ста́до (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · fi lauma (sheep assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · nl kudde (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · nb bøling (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) · sl čreda (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · kjj нихе́р (cattle assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · sh stado (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) · ro cârd (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) · cs stádo (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company)

herd en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /hɝd/ (General-American)
  • (General-American) audio
  • /hɜːd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company.
    • The women bunched up in little droves and let their tongues clack, and the men herded together and passed a jug around and, to tell the truth, let their tongues clack too. 1953, Janice Holt Giles, The Kentuckians:
    • Sheep herd on many hills.
    • Any predator that preys on animals that herd or school, has to be able to single out one individual to attack. 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 167:
  2. (transitive) To unite or associate in a herd
  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.
    • "[W]hy, I say, oh stranger, dost thou think that I herd here with barbarians lower than the beasts?" 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
    • I’ll herd among his Friends, and ſeem One of the Number, […] 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act III, scene i, pages 39–40:
  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.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
herded Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
herded Tense=Past lexicographic
herds Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
herding Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

misherd · herd together · unherded · herdable · herd cats

Synonyms

wrangle

Translations (26)

fi laumautua (intr: to unite or associate in a herd) · pt arrebanhar-se (intr: to unite or associate in a herd) · ar رَعَى (intr: to unite or associate in a herd) · fi paimentaa (tr: to manage, care for or guard a herd) · de hüten (intr: to unite or associate in a herd) · fi kokoontua (intr: to unite or associate in a herd) · la gregō (tr: to unite or associate in a herd) · eo paŝti (intr: to unite or associate in a herd) · tr gütmek (tr: to manage, care for or guard a herd) · mk у́шка (intr: to unite or associate in a herd) · mk па́се (tr: to manage, care for or guard a herd) · it radunare (intr: to unite or associate in a herd) · fi paimentaa (tr: to unite or associate in a herd) · sv valla (intr: to unite or associate in a herd) · sv samla (intr: to associate) · txb kraup- (intr: to unite or associate in a herd) · es conducir (intr: to unite or associate in a herd) · pt arrebanhar-se (intr: to associate) · fi koota yhteen (tr: to unite or associate in a herd) · vi dồn (intr: to unite or associate in a herd) · fi liittyä (intr: to associate) · mi whiu (intr: to unite or associate in a herd) · it unirsi (intr: to associate) · ba көтөү (tr: to manage, care for or guard a herd) · fr rassembler (intr: to unite or associate in a herd) · mk чу́ва (tr: to manage, care for or guard a herd)

herd en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /hɝd/ (General-American)
  • (General-American) audio
  • /hɜːd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. (archaic) Someone who keeps a group of domestic animals.
    • Any talent which gives a good new thing to others is a miracle, but commentators have thought it extra miraculous that England's first known poet was an illiterate herd. 2000, Alasdair Grey, The Book of Prefaces, Bloomsbury, published 2002, page 38:
    • Near-synonym: herdsman
    • John Dodds, the herd who bode in the place, was standing at the door, and he looked to see who was on the road so late. 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
herds Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

rancher · pastoralist

Deriveds

shepherd (terms derived from herd (person who tends a herd)) · hogherd (terms derived from herd (person who tends a herd)) · goatherd (terms derived from herd (person who tends a herd)) · neatherd (terms derived from herd (person who tends a herd)) · VAXherd (terms derived from herd (person who tends a herd)) · gosherd (terms derived from herd (person who tends a herd)) · oxherd (terms derived from herd (person who tends a herd)) · Hurd (terms derived from herd (person who tends a herd)) · cowherd (terms derived from herd (person who tends a herd)) · swanherd (terms derived from herd (person who tends a herd)) · swineherd (terms derived from herd (person who tends a herd)) · Hird (terms derived from herd (person who tends a herd)) · horseherd (terms derived from herd (person who tends a herd)) · bearherd (terms derived from herd (person who tends a herd)) · beeherd (terms derived from herd (person who tends a herd)) · ride herd on (terms derived from herd (person who tends a herd)) · gooseherd (terms derived from herd (person who tends a herd)) · pigherd (terms derived from herd (person who tends a herd))

Hypernyms

person

Synonyms

herder · herdsman

Translations (22)

es rebañador (herdsman) · enm herdeman (herdsman) · ar رَاعٍ (herdsman) · fi paimen (herdsman) · is hirðir (herdsman) · pl pasterz (herdsman) · bg пастир (herdsman) · sv herde (herdsman) · ba көтөүсе (herdsman) · hy հովիվ (herdsman) · lv gans (herdsman) · he רוֹעֶה (herdsman) · da hyrde (herdsman) · hu pásztor (herdsman) · pt pastor (herdsman) · enm herde (herdsman) · nl herder (herdsman) · de Hirte (herdsman) · es pastor (herdsman) · pt arrebanhador (herdsman) · mk па́стир (herdsman) · de Hirt (herdsman)

herd en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /hɝd/ (General-American)
  • (General-American) audio
  • /hɜːd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. (Scotland, intransitive) To act as a herdsman or a shepherd.
  2. (transitive) To form or put into a herd.
  3. (transitive) To move or drive a herd.
    • I heard the herd of cattle being herded home from a long way away.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
herds Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
herding Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
herded Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
herded Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

ride herd on · round up · muster · gather · drove

Translations (14)

lv ganīt (to act as a herdsman) · ar رَعَى (to act as a herdsman) · es pastorear (to act as a herdsman) · sv samla (to form or put into a herd) · it imbrancare (to act as a herdsman) · pt arrebanhar (to form or put into a herd) · ar رَعَى (to form or put into a herd) · mn маллах (to act as a herdsman) · pt pastorear (to act as a herdsman) · tyv кадарар (to form or put into a herd) · ru пасти (to act as a herdsman) · sv valla (to act as a herdsman) · fi paimentaa (to form or put into a herd) · fi paimentaa (to act as a herdsman)